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A Practical Guide to Pseudospectral Methods

Book information

Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Year
1996
ISBN
9780521495820, 0521495822
LCC
QA320 .F65 1996
Language
english
Format
PDF
Filesize
5 MB (5722211 bytes)
Series
Cambridge Monographs on Applied and Computational Mathematics
Pages
288\242
Time added
2011-06-04 13:46:07

Description

During the past two decades, pseudospectral methods have emerged as successful, and often superior, alternatives to better known computational procedures, such as finite difference and finite element methods of numerical solution, in several key application areas. These areas include computational fluid dynamics, wave motion, and weather forecasting. This book explains how, when and why this pseudospectral approach works. In order to make the subject accessible to students as well as researchers and engineers, the author presents the subject using illustrations, examples, heuristic explanations, and algorithms rather than rigorous theoretical arguments. This book will be of interest to graduate students, scientists, and engineers interested in applying pseudospectral methods to real problems.

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