An Accurate Numerical Solution to the Kinetics of Breakable Filament Assembly

Transport Theory and Statistical Physics

Volumn 41, Issue 1-2, 2012, Pages 153-174

  Ganapol, B D ^a  

^a University of Arizona   (United States)

Author keywords

convergence acceleration; finite difference; ordinary differential equations; proteiniaceous aggregation; Richardsons extrapolation; Wynn epsilon acceleration

Indexed keywords

EID: 84865257505     PISSN: 00411450     EISSN: 15322424     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00411450.2012.671209     Document Type: Article

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