Finite element approximations of nonlinear eigenvalue problems in quantum physics

Computer Methods in Applied Mechanics and Engineering

Volumn 200, Issue 21-22, 2011, Pages 1846-1865

  Chen, Huajie ^a   He, Lianhua ^a   Zhou, Aihui ^a  

^a INSTITUTE OF COMPUTATIONAL MATHEMATICS AND SCIENTIFIC ENGINEERING COMPUTING   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptive computation; Complexity; Convergence; Density functional theory; Finite element; Nonlinear eigenvalue problem

Indexed keywords

ADAPTIVE COMPUTATIONS; COMPLEXITY; CONVERGENCE; FINITE ELEMENT; NONLINEAR EIGENVALUE PROBLEM;

COMPUTATIONAL MECHANICS; DENSITY FUNCTIONAL THEORY; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; SWITCHING SYSTEMS;

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS;

EID: 79952461818     PISSN: 00457825     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.cma.2011.02.008     Document Type: Article

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