NUMERICAL RELATIVITY ON A TRANSPUTER ARRAY

被引:21
作者
BISHOP, NT
CLARKE, CJS
DINVERNO, RA
机构
[1] UNIV WITWATERSRAND,CTR NONLINEAR STUDIES,JOHANNESBURG 2050,SOUTH AFRICA
[2] UNIV WITWATERSRAND,DEPT COMPUTAT & APPL MECH,JOHANNESBURG 20501,SOUTH AFRICA
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10.1088/0264-9381/7/2/001
中图分类号
P1 [天文学];
学科分类号
0704 ;
摘要
The results of a feasibility study on using a transputer array to obtain a numerical solution of the characteristic initial value problem of general relativity are presented. Codes have been developed for two cases: gravity only, and gravity and matter. The testing of the codes is, so far, very limited, but timing results etc. are presented thus giving an indication of the expected performance.
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页码:L23 / L27
页数:5
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