Two methods for discretizing a delta function supported on a level set

DOI10.1016/J.JCP.2006.05.037zbMath1115.65028OpenAlexW2098594144MaRDI QIDQ868251

John D. Towers

Publication date: 19 February 2007

Published in: Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2006.05.037

zbMATH Keywords

discretizationconvergencenumerical integrationDirac delta functionzero level set

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Operations with distributions and generalized functions (46F10) Integration on manifolds; measures on manifolds (58C35) Approximate quadratures (41A55) Numerical quadrature and cubature formulas (65D32)

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