Least-squares finite-element solution of the neutron transport equation in diffusive regimes

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 35, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 806-835

  Manteuffel, Thomas A ^a   Kessel, Klaus J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COLORADO   (United States)

^b GERMAN AEROSPACE CENTER DLR   (Germany)

Author keywords

Boltzmann equation; Diffusion limit; Finite element discretization; Least squares variational formulation; Multilevel methods; Neutron transport equation

Indexed keywords

EID: 0344868370     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S0036142996299708     Document Type: Article

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