The solution of the two-dimensional sine-Gordon equation using the method of lines

Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics

Volumn 206, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 251-277

  Bratsos, A G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WEST ATTICA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Finite difference method; Method of lines; Sine Gordon equation; Soliton

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; ERROR ANALYSIS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD; INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS; LINEAR STABILITY ANALYSIS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; SOLITONS;

METHOD OF LINES; SINE-GORDON EQUATION;

PROBLEM SOLVING;

EID: 34249277434     PISSN: 03770427     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cam.2006.07.002     Document Type: Article

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