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In this paper we describe a nonconforming finite element method to compute the MHD spectrum of a plasma in a toroïdal configuration. We show that this method leads to a good approximation of the spectrum.
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Evequoz, H., Jaccard, Y. A nonconforming finite element method to compute the spectrum of an operator relative to the stability of a plasma in toroidal geometry. Numer. Math. 36, 455–465 (1981). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01395958
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01395958