On the numerical solution of the diffusion equation with a nonlocal boundary condition

Mathematical Problems in Engineering

Volumn 2003, Issue 1-2, 2003, Pages 81-92

  Dehghan, Mehdi ^a  

^a AMIRKABIR UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Iran)

Author keywords

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Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; BIOTECHNOLOGY; BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; DIFFUSION; FLOW OF WATER; HEAT CONDUCTION; LINEAR EQUATIONS; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MATRIX ALGEBRA; ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PARALLEL ALGORITHMS; PARALLEL PROCESSING SYSTEMS; TEMPERATURE DISTRIBUTION;

PADE APPROXIMANT; PARABOLIC EQUATIONS;

PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 0347596564     PISSN: 1024123X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1155/s1024123x03111015     Document Type: Article

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