Convergence of a continuous Galerkin method with mesh modification for nonlinear wave equations

Mathematics of Computation

Volumn 74, Issue 249, 2005, Pages 85-102

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

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CRETE   (Greece)

^c INSTITUTE OF COMPUTER SCIENCE   (Greece)

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EID: 11244356002     PISSN: 00255718     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1090/S0025-5718-04-01654-0     Document Type: Article

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