Chebyshev spectral-SN method for the neutron transport equation

Computers and Mathematics with Applications

Volumn 52, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 509-524

  Asadzadeh, M ^a   Kadem, A ^b  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b FERHAT ABBAS UNIVERSITY   (Algeria)

Author keywords

Chebyshev spectral method; Convergence analysis; Discrete ordinates method; Isotropic scattering; Linear transport equation

Indexed keywords

CHEBYSHEV APPROXIMATION; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; MATHEMATICAL TRANSFORMATIONS; POLYNOMIAL APPROXIMATION; PROBLEM SOLVING;

CHEBYSHEV SPECTRAL METHOD; CONVERGENCE ANALYSIS; DISCRETE ORDINATES METHOD; ISOTROPIC SCATTERING; LINEAR TRANSPORT EQUATION;

LINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 33750473703     PISSN: 08981221     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.camwa.2005.11.039     Document Type: Article

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