A new minimization protocol for solving nonlinear Poisson-Boltzmann mortar finite element equation

BIT Numerical Mathematics

Volumn 47, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 853-871

  Xie, Dexuan ^a   Zhou, Shuzi ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MILWAUKEE   (United States)

^b HUNAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Biomolecular simulations; Mortar finite element; Nonlinear system; Poisson Boltzmann equation; Unconstrained minimization

Indexed keywords

EID: 36749034166     PISSN: 00063835     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10543-007-0145-9     Document Type: Article

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