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An application of the sinc-collocation method in oceanography

Posted on:2014-03-02Degree:M.SType:Thesis
University:Trent University (Canada)Candidate:Mohseniahouei, YasamanFull Text:PDF
GTID:2450390005986869Subject:Applied Mathematics
Abstract/Summary:
In this thesis, we explore the application of the Sinc-Collocation method to an oceanography model. The model of interest describes a wind-driven current with depth-dependent eddy viscosity and is formulated in two different systems; a complex-velocity system and a real-value coupled system. In general, the Sinc-based methods excel over other traditional numerical methods due to their exponentially decaying errors, rapid convergence and handling problems in the presence of singularities at end-points. In addition, the Sinc-Collocation approach that we utilize exploits first derivative interpolation, whose integration is less sensitive to numerical errors. We present several model problems to demonstrate the accuracy, and stability of the method. We compare the approximate solutions determined by the Sinc-Collocation technique with exact solutions and also with those obtained by the Sinc-Galerkin approach in earlier studies. Our findings indicate that the method we utilized outperforms those used in past studies.
Keywords/Search Tags:Method, Sinc-collocation
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