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. 1977 May;74(5):1765–1766. doi: 10.1073/pnas.74.5.1765

Absorbing boundary conditions for numerical simulation of waves

Björn Engquist *, Andrew Majda
PMCID: PMC430991  PMID: 16592392

Abstract

In practical calculations, it is often essential to introduce artificial boundaries to limit the area of computation. Here we develop a systematic method for obtaining a hierarchy of local boundary conditions at these artifical boundaries. These boundary conditions not only guarantee stable difference approximations, but also minimize the (unphysical) artificial reflections that occur at the boundaries.

Keywords: artificial boundaries, numerical approximation

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