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The numerical characteristic initial value problem

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Welling, J.S. (1984). The numerical characteristic initial value problem. In: Flaherty, F.J. (eds) Asymptotic Behavior of Mass and Spacetime Geometry. Lecture Notes in Physics, vol 202. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/BFb0048073

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