A stable and conservative finite difference scheme for the Cahn-Hilliard equation

Numerische Mathematik

Volumn 87, Issue 4, 2001, Pages 675-699

  Furihata, Daisuke ^a  

^a KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

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EID: 0041079077     PISSN: 0029599X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/PL00005429     Document Type: Article

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