A Multidomain Spectral Method for Scalar and Vectorial Poisson Equations with Noncompact Sources

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 170, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 231-260

  Grandclement P ^a   Bonazzola, S ^a   Gourgoulhon, E ^a   Marck, J A ^a  

^a OBSERVATOIRE DE PARIS   (France)

Author keywords

General relativity; Gibbs phenomenon; Scalar and vectorial Poisson equations; Spectral methods

Indexed keywords

HARMONIC ANALYSIS; POLYNOMIALS; RELATIVITY; SPHERES;

CHEBYSHEV POLYNOMIALS; ELLIPTIC EQUATIONS; EUCLIDEAN SPACES; GENERAL RELATIVITY; GIBBS PHENOMENA; MULTI-DOMAINS; SCALAR AND VECTORIAL POISSON EQUATION; SPECTRAL METHODS; SPHERICAL COORDINATES; SPHERICAL HARMONICS;

POISSON EQUATION;

EID: 0038048977     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jcph.2001.6734     Document Type: Article

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