A generalized groundwater flow equation using the concept of variable-order derivative

Boundary Value Problems

Volumn 2013, Issue , 2013, Pages

  Atangana, Abdon ^a   Botha, Joseph Francois ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE FREE STATE   (South Africa)

Author keywords

Convergence; Crank Nicholson scheme; Groundwater flow equation; Stability; Variable order derivative

Indexed keywords

EID: 84877282814     PISSN: 16872762     EISSN: 16872770     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1186/1687-2770-2013-53     Document Type: Article

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