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Second-order explicit characteristic difference schemes for quasilinear hyperbolic systems

Explizite charakteristische Differenzenschemata zweiter Ordnung für quasilineare hyperbolische Systeme

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We present two-step, second-order explicit characteristic difference schemes for the numerical solution of initialvalue problems for quasilinear hyperbolic system and show that the method is stable for systems with constant coefficients.

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Wir stellen ein Charakteristikenverfahren zweiter Ordnung für die numerische Lösung der Anfangswertaufgabe von quasilinearen hyperbolischen Systemen vor und beweisen die Stabilität des Verfahrens für Systeme mit konstanten Koeffizienten.

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Dai, J. Second-order explicit characteristic difference schemes for quasilinear hyperbolic systems. Computing 35, 85–91 (1985). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF02240149

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