A space-time finite element method for the nonlinear Schrödinger equation: The continuous Galerkin method

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 36, Issue 6, 1999, Pages 1779-1807

  Karakashian, Ohannes ^a   Makridakis, Charalambos ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

Author keywords

Continuous Galerkin method; Nonlinear Schr dinger equation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043232734     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036142997330111     Document Type: Article

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