Convergence analysis of a numerical method for a mean field model of superconducting vortices

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 37, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 911-926

  Du, Qiang ^a,b  

^a IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

Author keywords

Conforming and nonconforming; Convergence analysis; Covolume; Finite difference; Finite element; Finite volume; Mean field model; Staggered grid; Superconductivity; Vortices

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041759969     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036142998345517     Document Type: Article

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