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Unconditionally Stable Element-by-Element Algorithms for Dynamic Problems

Ortiz, Miguel; Pinsky, Peter M.; Taylor, Robert L.

UCB/SESM-1982/01, Dept. of Civil Engineering, University of California, Berkeley, 1982-01, 24 pages

A collection of results is presented regarding the consistency, stability and accuracy of operator split methods and product formula algorithms for general nonlinear equations of evolution.

Available online: http://nisee.berkeley.edu/documents/SEMM/SEMM-82-01.pdf (245 KB)