Numerical methods for simulating Ginzburg-Landau vortices

SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing

Volumn 19, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 1333-1339

  Mu, Mo ^a   Deng, Yuefan ^a,b   Chou, Chung Chiang ^b  

^a HONG KONG UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Hong Kong)

^b STONY BROOK UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ginzburg Landau vortex; Numerical PDE solution; Renormalized energy; Simulated annealing

Indexed keywords

EID: 11744283916     PISSN: 10648275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S1064827595295076     Document Type: Article

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