Truncation error and stability analysis of iterative and non-iterative Thomas-Gladwell methods for first-order non-linear differential equations

International Journal for Numerical Methods in Engineering

Volumn 60, Issue 12, 2004, Pages 2031-2043

  Kavetski, Dmitri ^a   Binning, Philip ^a   Sloan, Scott W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEWCASTLE   (Australia)

Author keywords

Non iterative linearization; Non linear differential equations; Richards equation; Thomas Gladwell methods

Indexed keywords

APPROXIMATION THEORY; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; ERROR CORRECTION; STABILITY;

MULTISTAGE TIME-STEPPING SCHEMES; NON-ITERATIVE FORMULATION;

NUMERICAL METHODS;

HYDROGEOLOGY; NUMERICAL METHOD; RICHARDS EQUATION;

EID: 3242880411     PISSN: 00295981     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/nme.1035     Document Type: Article

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