Iteration methods for stability spectra of solitary waves

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 227, Issue 14, 2008, Pages 6862-6876

  Yang, Jianke ^a  

^a University of Vermont ^*  (United States)

Author keywords

Eigenvalues; Iteration methods; Linear stability; Solitary waves

Indexed keywords

EIGENVALUES AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; ITERATIVE METHODS; RUNGE KUTTA METHODS; STABILITY;

EIGEN-VALUE; EIGENVALUE AND EIGENFUNCTIONS; EIGENVALUE PROBLEM; EULER'S METHOD; FOURTH ORDER RUNGE-KUTTA METHODS; FOURTH-ORDER RUNGE-KUTTA METHODS; ITERATION METHOD; LINEAR STABILITY; STABILITY SPECTRUM; TIME EVOLUTION EQUATIONS;

SOLITONS;

EID: 85066352770     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2008.03.039     Document Type: Article

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