ACCURACY EVALUATION OF CODE FOR THE CHARACTERISTIC INITIAL VALUE PROBLEM IN GENERAL RELATIVITY

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ACCURACY EVALUATION OF CODE FOR THE CHARACTERISTIC INITIAL VALUE PROBLEM IN GENERAL RELATIVITY

Published in: Quaestiones Mathematicae
Volume 15 , issue 3 , 1992 , pages: 299–305
DOI: 10.1080/16073606.1992.9631693
Author(s): N.T. BISHOP Department of Mathematics, Applied Mathematics and Astronomy, South Africa
Keywords: 65M15 , 83C05

Abstract

The paper describes numerical tests of the accuracy of a general relativity code for the non-rotating axisymmetric characteristic initial value problem. The results compare reasonably well with theoretical expectations.

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