Douglas B. Meade

Maple 8 and Maplets: A New Use of Computer Algebra for Teaching Mathematics and Science (2009)

Douglas B. Meade

To begin this exploration of Maplets, you should be aware that some of the new features in Maple 8 are implemented as Maplets. The new interactive command in the plots package provides a more...

� � Cryptography (2009)

Douglas B. Meade, Hill Substitution Cypher

& MATH ATH � � Computer science/engineering students … � � see relevant and interesting applications of mathematics � � learn some new mathematics � � motivated to take more...

Maple Tools for Use in Conjecture Testing and Iteration Mappings in Number Theory (2009)

Douglas B. Meade, Charles A. Nicol

The purpose of this paper is to i) introduce procedures which can be used in the investigation of a general class of problems in number theory and ii) illustrate some of the powerful new features of...

Numerical, Graphical and Symbolic Analysis of Bernoulli Equations 1 (2008)

Douglas B. Meade

The problem discussed in this paper is an extension of a homework problem in a sophomorelevel course in di erential equations. The exercises at the end of the section on the improved Euler's...

A COMPARISON OF RADIATION BOUNDARY CONDITION STRATEGIES FOR HELMHOLTZ EQUATIONS (2008)

Catherine Piellusch-castle, Yin-shang Liu, Bernd Lichtenberg, Douglas B. Meade, Kevin J. Webb

1. Introduction. Many problems in electromagnetics involve the solution of a wave equation in an exterior domain. The unbounded computational domain complicates the search for e cient numerical...

Differential Equations in the New Millennium: the Parachute Problem* (2008)

Douglas B. Meade, Allan A. Struthers

Introductory courses in differential equations have traditionally consisted of a long list of solution techniques for special equations. This characterization is becoming increasingly inaccurate as...

Differential Equations in the New Millennium: The Parachute Problem (2007)

Douglas B. Meade, Allan A. Struthers

. Introductory courses in differential equations have traditionally consisted of a long list of solution techniques for special equations. This characterization is becoming increasingly inaccurate as...

An S-I-R Model for Epidemics with Diffusion to Avoid Infection and Overcrowding (2007)

Douglas B. Meade, Fabio A. Milner

A model for an epidemic of S--I--R type is described in which susceptibles move to avoid the infection and all individuals move away from overcrowded regions. Some qualitative properties of the...

REVITALIZING DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS WITH A COORDINATED USE OF NUMERICAL, GRAPHICAL, AND ANALYTICAL METHODS (2007)

Douglas B. Meade

this paper is to demonstrate how a traditional problem from a traditional text can be modified to provide a more realistic view of the applicability of differential equations. Almost any...

Numerical, Graphical and Symbolic Analysis of Bernoulli Equations (2007)

Douglas B. Meade

this paper is an extension of a homework problem in a sophomorelevel course in differential equations. The exercises at the end of the section on the improved Euler's method for solving...

Irreducibility Testing of Lacunary 0,1-Polynomials (2007)

Michael Filaseta, Douglas B. Meade

1 The first author was supported by grants from the National Security Agency.

Irreducibility Testing of Lacunary 0,1-Polynomials (2007)

Michael Filaseta, Douglas B. Meade

1 The rst author was supported by grants from the National Security Agency. 1

Irreducibility Testing of Lacunary 0,1-Polynomials (2007)

Michael Filaseta, Douglas B. Meade

1 The first author was supported by grants from the National Security Agency.

Maple Tools for Use in Conjecture Testing and Iteration Mappings in Number Theory (2007)

Douglas B. Meade, Charles A. Nicol

this paper is to i) introduce procedures which can be used in the investigation of a general class of problems in number theory and ii) illustrate some of the powerful new features of Maple V,...

Second-Order Transmission Conditions for the Helmholtz Equation (1998)

Jim Douglas, Douglas B. Meade

. We present an iterative nonoverlapping domain decomposition method with second-order Robin-type transmission conditions for the scalar Helmholtz equation in two dimensions. The analysis of the...

Second-Order Transmission Conditions for the Helmholtz Equation (1998)

Jim Douglas, Douglas B. Meade

We present an iterative nonoverlapping domain decomposition method with second-order Robin-type transmission conditions for the scalar Helmholtz equation in two dimensions. The analysis of the...

Second-order transmission conditions for the Helmholtz equation (1997)

Jim Douglas, Douglas B. Meade

Several domain decomposition methods for the solution of elliptic problems have been proposed, analyzed, and successfully implemented during the past decade [BW86, BPS86, GW88, HTJ88, Lio88, Lio90]....

Second-order transmission conditions for the Helmholtz equation (1997)

Jim Douglas, Douglas B. Meade

Abstract. We present an iterative nonoverlapping domain decomposition method with second-order Robin-type transmission conditions for the scalar Helmholtz equation in two dimensions. The analysis of...

Maple and the parachute problem: modelling with an impact (1997)

Douglas B. Meade

The \parachute problem " involves a rst-order ODE in which the coe cient of air resistance is a piecewisede ned function. This paper focuses on the use of Maple's symbolic, numeric, and...

Comparison of two-dimensional conformal local radiation boundary conditions. Electromagnetics 16: 359--384 (1996)

Bernd Lichtenberg, Kevin J. Webb, Douglas B. Meade, Andrew F. Peterson

Numerical solutions for open-region electromagnetic problems based on differential equations require some means of truncating the computational do-main. A number of local Radiation Boundary...

The Shooting Technique for the Solution of Two-Point Boundary Value Problems (1996)

Douglas B. Meade, Bala S. Haran, Ralph E. White

this paper is to describe the shooting method and its Maple implementation, shoot.

Comparison of two-dimensional conformal local radiation boundary conditions. Electromagnetics 16: 359--384 (1996)

Bernd Lichtenberg, Kevin J. Webb, Douglas B. Meade, Andrew F. Peterson

Numerical solutions for open-region electromagnetic problems based on differential equations require some means of truncating the computational domain. A number of local Radiation Boundary Conditions...

The shooting technique for the solution of two-point boundary value problems (1996)

Douglas B. Meade

One of the strengths of Maple is its ability to provide a wide variety of information about di erential equations. Explicit, implicit, parametric, series, Laplace transform, numerical, and graphical...

Comparison of Local Radiation Boundary Conditions for the Scalar Helmholtz Equation with General Boundary Shapes (1995)

Douglas B. Meade, G. William Slade, Andrew F. Peterson, Kevin J. Webb

The relative accuracy of several local radiation boundary conditions based on the second-order Bayliss--Turkel condition are evaluated. These boundary conditions permit the approximate solution of...

Derivation and Comparison of Radiation Boundary Conditions for the Two-Dimensional Helmholtz Equation with Non-Circular Artificial Boundaries (1995)

Douglas B. Meade, Andrew F. Peterson, Catherine Piellusch-Castle

Wave equations in exterior domains typically include a boundary condition at infinity to ensure the well-posedness of the problem. An obstacle to the efficient computation of solutions is the...

Comparison of local radiation boundary conditions for the scalar helmholtz equation with general boundary shapes (1995)

Douglas B. Meade, G. William Slade, Andrew F. Peterson, Kevin J. Webb

Abstract | The relative accuracy of several local radiation boundary conditions based on the second-order Bayliss{Turkel condition are evaluated. These boundary conditions per-mit the approximate...

Numerical Implementation of a Conformable Two-Dimensional Radiation Boundary Condition (1995)

Bernd Lichtenberg, Kevin J. Webb, Andrew F. Peterson, Douglas B. Meade

In open region di erential equation problems it is common to limit the computational domain by introducing an arti cial boundary. The arti cal boundary condition must be chosen to produce as little...

A Comparison of Radiation Boundary Condition Strategies for Helmholtz Equations (1994)

Catherine Piellusch-castle, Yin-shang Liu, Bernd Lichtenberg, Douglas B. Meade, Kevin J. Webb

this paper we consider a number of radiation boundary conditions (RBCs). In particular, we present a procedure that can be used to extend any boundary condition for a circular boundary to a general...