Rational approximations to the matrix exponential in burnup calculations

Nuclear Science and Engineering

Volumn 169, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 155-167

  Pusa, Maria ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPUTATIONAL EFFICIENCY; EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS;

APPROXIMATION ORDERS; BURN-UP EQUATIONS; BURNUP CALCULATION; CHEBYSHEV RATIONAL APPROXIMATION; MATRIX EXPONENTIALS; QUADRATURE FORMULA; RATIONAL APPROXIMATIONS; REFERENCE SOLUTION;

CHAOS THEORY;

EID: 84858650181     PISSN: 00295639     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13182/NSE10-81     Document Type: Article

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