Numerical study of time-splitting spectral discretizations of nonlinear Schrödinger equations in the semiclassical regimes

SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 27-64

  Bao, Weizhu ^a   Jin, Shi ^b   Markowich, Peter A ^c  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF VIENNA   (Austria)

Author keywords

Gross Pitaevskii equation; Meshing strategy; Nonlinear Schr dinger equation (NLS); Physical observable; Semiclassical regime; Time splitting spectral approximation

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; HYDRODYNAMICS; NUMERICAL METHODS; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS;

GROSS-PITAEVSKII EQUATION; NONLINEAR SCHRODINGER EQUATIONS; SEMICLASSICAL REGIMES; TIME SPLITTING SPECTRAL DISCRETIZATIONS;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 1842531889     PISSN: 10648275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S1064827501393253     Document Type: Article

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