An energy stable and convergent finite-difference scheme for the modified phase field crystal equation

SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 945-969

  Wang, C ^a   Wise, S M ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MASSACHUSETTS DARTMOUTH   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Finite difference methods; Modified Phase Field Crystal; Nonlinear partial differential equations; Phase Field Crystal; Stability

Indexed keywords

CONVEX FUNCTIONS; DAMPED WAVE EQUATIONS; DEGENERATE CASE; ERROR ESTIMATES; FINITE DIFFERENCE SCHEME; NONLINEAR PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PHASE FIELD CRYSTAL; PHASE FIELDS; POINTWISE CONVERGENCE; SEMI-IMPLICIT; TIME LEVEL;

DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; WAVE EQUATIONS;

NONLINEAR EQUATIONS;

EID: 79960411478     PISSN: 00361429     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/090752675     Document Type: Article

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