David Ketcheson

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Assistant Professor of applied mathematics at KAUST. Some links to learn more about me:

In terms of computational science, my interests are mainly:

I'm a lead developer of the PyClaw package, an extension of Clawpack, which is a finite volume solver for hyperbolic PDEs.

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28	Is it common not to use libraries for standard numerical algorithms, and why?
19	Why is local conservation important when solving PDEs?
16	Is it possible to use Octave to learn MATLAB programming?
12	Strange oscillation when solving the advection equation by finite-difference with fully closed Neumann boundary conditions (reflection at boundaries)
12	How to determine if a numerical solution to a PDE is converging to a continuum solution?

+40	Optimal ODE method for fixed number of RHS evaluations
+10	Where can I find a good reference for the stability properties of several methods of solving parabolic PDEs?
+10	Is there a way to reduce aberration in computations of planets' trajectories?
+10	Is it preferable to concentrate on studying math or computation?

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