Finite difference methods for approximating Heaviside functions

DOI10.1016/J.JCP.2009.01.026MaRDI QIDQ1017609zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors John D. Towers

Publication date 12 May 2009

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

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jcp.2009.01.026

zbMATH Keywords

Heaviside functionnumerical examplesconvergence ratefinite differencelevel set methodquadraturesingular source termregular gridtwo-step algorithmirregular regionone-step algorithm

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Numerical quadrature and cubature formulas (65D32) Multidimensional problems (41A63) Approximate quadratures (41A55) Rate of convergence, degree of approximation (41A25)

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