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Since the initial equations are complicated, the treatment of the kinematic dynamo model requires the use of numerical methods. In applying them to the given problem difficulties are encountered, which are not easy to overcome. This paper deals with the analysis of the experience acquired in treating the model of a nearly symmetric dynamo. Three different methods were employed (stationary, oscillatory and general non-stationary), because a combination of several solutions will yield more comprehensive information about the model being studied. Although the results are based on the study of a single particular model, similar problems also occur in other excercises and, therefore, the conclusions have a more general validity.
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Hejda, P. Numerical treatment of the kinematic dynamo model. Stud Geophys Geod 23, 27–41 (1979). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01628063
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01628063