Adaptive finite element approximations for a class of nonlinear eigenvalue problems in quantum physics

Advances in Applied Mathematics and Mechanics

Volumn 3, Issue 4, 2011, Pages 493-518

  Chen, Huajie ^a   Gong, Xingao ^b   He, Lianhua ^a   Zhou, Aihui ^a  

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

^b FUDAN UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Adaptive finite element; Convergence; Micro structure; Nonlinear eigenvalue

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867583728     PISSN: 20700733     EISSN: 20751354     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4208/aamm.10-m1057     Document Type: Article

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