Numerical stability for finite difference approximations of Einstein's equations

DOI10.1016/j.jcp.2006.02.027zbMath1106.65080arXivgr-qc/0503056OpenAlexW2087505060MaRDI QIDQ860257

Ian Hinder, Sascha Husa, Gioel Calabrese

Publication date: 9 January 2007

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

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/gr-qc/0503056

zbMATH Keywords

numerical exampleshyperbolic systemsnumerical stabilityfinite difference methodsnumerical relativitysecond derivativesdiscrete normsNagy-Ortiz-Reula formulation

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite difference methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M06) Stability and convergence of numerical methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M12) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) PDEs in connection with relativity and gravitational theory (35Q75) Computational methods for problems pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-08)

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