Abstract
The numerical approximation and parallelization of an algorithm for the solution of a radiative transfer equation modeling the emission of photons in stellar atmospheres will be described. This is formulated in the integral form yielding a weakly singular Fredholm integral equation defined on a Banach space.
The main objective of this work is to report on the performance of the parallel code.
AMS Subject Classification: 32A55, 45B05, 65D20, 65R20, 68W10.
This work was supported by CMUP. CMUP is financed by FCT under programs POCTI and POSI from QCA III with FEDER and National funds.
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Vasconcelos, P.B., d’Almeida, F. (2006). Performance Evaluation of a Parallel Algorithm for a Radiative Transfer Problem. In: Dongarra, J., Madsen, K., Waśniewski, J. (eds) Applied Parallel Computing. State of the Art in Scientific Computing. PARA 2004. Lecture Notes in Computer Science, vol 3732. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/11558958_104
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