Geometric Computational Electrodynamics with Variational Integrators and Discrete Differential Forms

DOI10.1007/978-1-4939-2441-7_19zbMath1337.78014arXiv0707.4470OpenAlexW1546510122MaRDI QIDQ3463527

Mathieu Desbrun, Yiying Tong, Ari Stern, Jerrold E. Marsden

Publication date: 19 January 2016

Published in: Geometry, Mechanics, and Dynamics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0707.4470

zbMATH Keywords

unstructured meshesMaxwell's equationsvariational integratorsYee's finite-difference time-domain

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite difference methods applied to problems in optics and electromagnetic theory (78M20) Variational methods applied to problems in optics and electromagnetic theory (78M30)

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• PyDEC

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