Divergence-free RBFs on surfaces

Journal of Fourier Analysis and Applications

Volumn 13, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 643-663

  Narcowich, Francis J ^a   Ward, Joseph D ^a   Wright, Grady B ^b  

^a TEXAS A AND M UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Incompressible fluid; Numerical modeling; Radial basis function; Sphere; Vector fields

Indexed keywords

EID: 35548941391     PISSN: 10695869     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00041-006-6903-2     Document Type: Article

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