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

asked Dec 3, 2011 at 17:58

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Is there a high quality nonlinear programming solver for Python?

asked Nov 30, 2011 at 15:10

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Is algorithmic analysis by flop-counting obsolete?

asked Nov 30, 2011 at 20:10

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How to link code to publications

asked Jan 12, 2012 at 14:14

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Venues for publishing papers that emphasize software

asked Jan 12, 2012 at 14:11

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Alternatives to Journal of Computational Physics

asked Jul 19, 2012 at 5:22

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When is a high order method useful for computational fluid dynamics simulations?

asked Nov 30, 2011 at 5:59

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Is there a general-purpose library for structured grid adaptive mesh refinement?

asked Jan 18, 2012 at 12:49

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When should implicit methods be used in the integration of hyperbolic PDEs?

asked Nov 30, 2011 at 6:04

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How can I choose a good Riemann solver when numerically solving a system of hyperbolic PDEs?

asked Nov 30, 2011 at 5:55

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Databases of results for numerical codes

asked Jan 22, 2012 at 20:03

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Are there operator splitting approaches for multiphysics PDEs that achieve high order convergence?

asked Nov 30, 2011 at 9:57

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Examples of PDE computations using parallelism in both space and time

asked Jun 30, 2012 at 21:23

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Polynomials that are orthogonal over curves in the complex plane

asked Nov 30, 2011 at 5:31

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Basin of attraction for Newton's method

asked Jul 23, 2012 at 14:47

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Does there exist an arbitrary-precision convex optimization solver?

asked Nov 30, 2011 at 6:08

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Parallel Gram-Schmidt algorithms

asked Sep 1, 2014 at 5:53

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Benchmark setup for incompressible Rayleigh-Taylor flow

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18 Questions

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

Is there a high quality nonlinear programming solver for Python?

Is algorithmic analysis by flop-counting obsolete?

How to link code to publications

Venues for publishing papers that emphasize software

Alternatives to Journal of Computational Physics

When is a high order method useful for computational fluid dynamics simulations?

Is there a general-purpose library for structured grid adaptive mesh refinement?

When should implicit methods be used in the integration of hyperbolic PDEs?

How can I choose a good Riemann solver when numerically solving a system of hyperbolic PDEs?

Databases of results for numerical codes

Are there operator splitting approaches for multiphysics PDEs that achieve high order convergence?

Examples of PDE computations using parallelism in both space and time

Polynomials that are orthogonal over curves in the complex plane

Basin of attraction for Newton's method

Does there exist an arbitrary-precision convex optimization solver?

Parallel Gram-Schmidt algorithms

Benchmark setup for incompressible Rayleigh-Taylor flow