Solving degenerate reaction-diffusion equations via variable step Peaceman-Rachford splitting

SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2003, Pages 1273-1292

  Cheng, H ^a   Lin, P ^b   Sheng, Q ^c   Tan, R C E ^b  

^a SOUTHERN ARKANSAS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

^c UNIVERSITY OF DAYTON   (United States)

Author keywords

Degeneracy; Linear stabilities; Monotonicity; Nonlinear reaction diffusion equations; Quenching singularity; Semidis cretization; Splitting; Time adaptation

Indexed keywords

ALGORITHMS; APPROXIMATION THEORY; COMPUTATIONAL METHODS; DIFFUSION; PROBLEM SOLVING; QUENCHING;

DEGENERACY; LINEAR STABILITY; MONOTONICITY; NONLINEAR REACTION-DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; QUENCHING SINGULARITY; SEMIDISCRETIZATION; TIME ADAPTATION;

PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 4043160540     PISSN: 10648275     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/S1064827501380691     Document Type: Article

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