Solution of the discontinuous P1 equations in two-dimensional cartesian geometry with two-level preconditioning

SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing

Volumn 24, Issue 6, 2003, Pages 2093-2124

  Warsa, J S ^a   Wareing, T A ^a   Morel, J E ^a  

^a LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Diffusion equation; Discontinuous Galerkin methods; Finite element methods; Krylov iterative solvers; Multilevel preconditioning; Neutron transport; Radiative transfer

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GALERKIN METHODS; GRADIENT METHODS; ITERATIVE METHODS; PROBLEM SOLVING; TWO DIMENSIONAL;

DIFFUSION EQUATION; DIFFUSION SYNTHETIC ACCELERATION; KRYLOV ITERATIVE SOLVERS; TWO-DIMENSIONAL CARTESIAN GEOMETRY; TWO-LEVEL PRECONDITIONING;

GEOMETRY;

EID: 0347577887     PISSN: 10648275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S1064827500374583     Document Type: Article

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