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General Atomics marks completion of ITER’s superconducting fusion magnet
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William H. Reed
Nuclear Science and Engineering | Volume 46 | Number 2 | November 1971 | Pages 309-314
Technical Note | doi.org/10.13182/NSE46-309
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Three new difference schemes for solving the neutron transport equation are presented. In some situations these new methods give smoother results than the diamond difference scheme, without sacrificing second-order accuracy. Iteration schemes for solving the new difference equations are given, and convergence acceleration devices are discussed. Numerical results illustrate the behavior of these new schemes in a variety of situations.
