From geometry to numerics: Interdisciplinary aspects in mathematical and numerical relativity

Classical and Quantum Gravity

Volumn 25, Issue 9, 2008, Pages

  Jaramillo, José Luis ^a,b   Kroon, Juan Antonio Valiente ^c   Gourgoulhon, Eric ^b  

^a INSTITUTO DE ASTROFÍSICA DE ANDALUCÍA CSIC   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

^c QUEEN MARY UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 43049095376     PISSN: 02649381     EISSN: 13616382     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1088/0264-9381/25/9/093001     Document Type: Review

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