The numerical approximation of a delta function with application to level set methods

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 211, Issue 1, 2006, Pages 77-90

  Smereka, Peter ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Delta function approximations; Level set methods

Indexed keywords

DROP BREAKUP; LEVEL MEASUREMENT; NUMERICAL METHODS;

BIHARMONIC EQUATIONS; DELTA FUNCTION APPROXIMATION; DISCONTINUOUS SOURCE TERMS; ELLIPTIC EQUATIONS; FAST SOLUTIONS; FUNCTIONS APPROXIMATIONS; LEVEL SET METHOD; NUMERICAL APPROXIMATIONS; NUMERICAL SOLUTION; ZERO LEVEL SET;

DELTA FUNCTIONS;

EID: 25444518233     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2005.05.005     Document Type: Article

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