An optimal Galerkin scheme to solve the kinematic dynamo eigenvalue problem in a full sphere

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 229, Issue 23, 2010, Pages 8666-8683

  Li, Kuan ^a   Livermore, Philip W ^b   Jackson, Andrew ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Basis function; Convergence; Eigenvalue; Galerkin method; Jacobi polynomial; Kinematic dynamo; Zel'dovich theorem

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; HARMONIC ANALYSIS; HARMONIC FUNCTIONS; KINEMATICS; POLYNOMIALS; RADIAL BASIS FUNCTION NETWORKS; REYNOLDS NUMBER; SPHERES;

BASE FUNCTION; CONVERGENCE; EIGEN-VALUE; EIGENVALUE PROBLEM; GALERKIN SCHEME; JACOBI POLYNOMIALS; KINEMATIC DYNAMO; MAGNETIC-FIELD; SPHERICAL HARMONICS; ZEL'DOVICH THEOREM;

GALERKIN METHODS;

EID: 77956898293     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2010.07.039     Document Type: Article

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