Spectral elements for transport-dominated equations (Q1355339)

The book deals with the construction of a computational code based on the spectral collocation method using algebraic polynomials. It addresses mainly the elliptic type boundary value problems in 2-D. The emphasis is on the first-order advective terms, in the presence of second-order diffusive terms. Several examples from the various fields of computational physics and engineering are given, to illustrate the methodology and the importance. The chapters are organized as: (1) The Poisson equation in the square (the collocation method, convergence analysis, numerical algorithm, eikonical equation \dots); (2) Steady transport diffusion equations (the upwind grid, numerical implementation); (3) Other kinds of boundary conditions (Neumann type, boundary conditions in weak form, an approximation of the Poincaré-Steklov operator); (4) The spectral element method (dealing with complex domains, the domain decomposition method); (5) Time discretization (Navier-Stokes, nonlinear Schrödinger and semiconductor device equations); (6) Extensions (a posteriori error estimates, pure hyperbolic, dam problems, 3-D Poisson); and the Appendix outlining basic results needed. The presentation is lucid, the choice of the subject -- matter throughout is very thoughtful, the theory legitimate (and heuristic) and the production of `lecture notes' is of excellent quality. A very welcome entrant to the numerical analysis of differential equations, indeed!