A boundary value problem for the KdV equation: Comparison of finite-difference and Chebyshev methods

Mathematics and Computers in Simulation

Volumn 80, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 151-163

  Skogestad, Jan Ole ^a   Kalisch, Henrik ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BERGEN   (Norway)

Author keywords

Boundary value problem; Chebyshev method; Finite difference method; KdV equation

Indexed keywords

CHEBYSHEV METHOD; CHEBYSHEV POLYNOMIALS; COLLOCATION METHOD; EXACT SOLUTION; FINITE DIFFERENCE; KDV EQUATION; KDV EQUATIONS; KORTEWEG-DE VRIES EQUATIONS;

CHEBYSHEV APPROXIMATION; COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS; DIELECTRIC PROPERTIES; DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

DIFFERENCE EQUATIONS;

EID: 70349186536     PISSN: 03784754     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.matcom.2009.06.009     Document Type: Article

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