Two numerical methods for the elliptic Monge-Ampère equation

ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis

Volumn 44, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 737-758

  Benamou, Jean David ^a   Froese, Brittany D ^b   Oberman, Adam M ^b  

^a INRIA ROCQUENCOURT   (France)

^b SIMON FRASER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Finite difference schemes; Monge Amp re equation; Partial differential equations; Viscosity solutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 77956599916     PISSN: 28227840     EISSN: 28047214     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1051/m2an/2010017     Document Type: Article

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