David Ketcheson

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Is it common not to use libraries for standard numerical algorithms, and why?

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Why is local conservation important when solving PDEs?

Nov 30 '11

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Strange oscillation when solving the advection equation by finite-difference with fully closed Neumann boundary conditions (reflection at boundaries)

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How can I numerically differentiate an unevenly sampled function?

Dec 19 '11

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What are criteria to choose between finite-differences and finite-elements

Dec 8 '11

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Is it worthwhile to write unit tests for scientific research codes?

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Is there a high quality nonlinear programming solver for Python?

Nov 30 '11

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Is algorithmic analysis by flop-counting obsolete?

Nov 30 '11

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How to link code to publications

Jan 12 '12

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Venues for publishing papers that emphasize software

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Is there a high quality nonlinear programming solver for Python?

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Is it worthwhile to write unit tests for scientific research codes?

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A simple wave for the linear shallow water equations

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Shallow water equations (SWE): well-posed initial data for single travelling pulse

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C++ vs Fortran for HPC

Dec 8 '11

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What are criteria to choose between finite-differences and finite-elements

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What are good ways to document scientific software?

Dec 10 '11

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What's the state of the art in parallel ODE methods?

Jun 19 '13

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How do I make sure that the results of my simulations and the results in my paper are always in sync?

Jun 14 '12

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