Robust multigrid methods for vector-valued Allen-Cahn equations with logarithmic free energy

Computing and Visualization in Science

Volumn 9, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 103-116

  Kornhuber, Ralf ^a   Krause, Rolf ^b  

^a FREIE UNIVERSITÄT BERLIN   (Germany)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BONN   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; FREE ENERGY; INTERFACIAL ENERGY; NUMERICAL ANALYSIS; VECTORS;

ALLEN-CAHN EQUATIONS; CONVERGENCE SPEED; ROBUST MULTIGRID METHODS;

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

EID: 33746103660     PISSN: 14329360     EISSN: 14330369     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00791-006-0020-2     Document Type: Article

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