KADATH: A spectral solver for theoretical physics

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 229, Issue 9, 2010, Pages 3334-3357

  Grandclément, Philippe ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ PARIS DIDEROT   (France)

Author keywords

General relativity; Spectral methods; Theoretical physics

Indexed keywords

RELATIVITY;

CONTEMPORARY PHYSICS; GAUGE FIELD THEORIES; GENERAL RELATIVITY; MODULARS; NEWTONRAPHSON ITERATION (NRI); NON LINEAR; SPECTRAL METHODS; THEORETICAL PHYSICS;

ITERATIVE METHODS;

EID: 77949322381     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2010.01.005     Document Type: Article

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