Convergence of a constrained finite element discretization of the Maxwell Klein Gordon equation
Christiansen, Snorre H. ; Scheid, Claire
ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis - Modélisation Mathématique et Analyse Numérique, Tome 45 (2011), p. 739-760 / Harvested from Numdam

As an example of a simple constrained geometric non-linear wave equation, we study a numerical approximation of the Maxwell Klein Gordon equation. We consider an existing constraint preserving semi-discrete scheme based on finite elements and prove its convergence in space dimension 2 for initial data of finite energy.

Publié le : 2011-01-01
DOI : https://doi.org/10.1051/m2an/2010100
Classification:  65M60,  78M10
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Christiansen, Snorre H.; Scheid, Claire. Convergence of a constrained finite element discretization of the Maxwell Klein Gordon equation. ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis - Modélisation Mathématique et Analyse Numérique, Tome 45 (2011) pp. 739-760. doi : 10.1051/m2an/2010100. http://gdmltest.u-ga.fr/item/M2AN_2011__45_4_739_0/

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