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A fast iterative method for solving poisson’s equation in a general region

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Numerical Treatment of Differential Equations

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Hackbusch, W. (1978). A fast iterative method for solving poisson’s equation in a general region. In: Bulirsch, R., Grigorieff, R.D., Schröder, J. (eds) Numerical Treatment of Differential Equations. Lecture Notes in Mathematics, vol 631. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0067463

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