Higher order approximation methods for the Boltzmann equation

DOI10.1006/jcph.1997.5869zbMath0905.65134MaRDI QIDQ1384501

Taku Ohwada

Publication date: 5 January 1999

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

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1006/jcph.1997.5869

zbMATH Keywords

finite difference method; Boltzmann equation; splitting method; higher-order accuracy; time difference method

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

65R20: Numerical methods for integral equations

45K05: Integro-partial differential equations

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