Nonlinear Poisson Solver

Nonlinear Poisson's equation arises in typical plasma simulations which use a fluid approximation to model electron density. This article describes how to solve the non-linear Poisson's equation using the Newton's method and demonstrates the algorithm with a simple Matlab code. (Apr 30 2012)

Code Optimization: Speed up your code by rearranging data access

Often, a significant code speed up can be accomplished by simply rearranging the way data is stored or accessed in memory. This article compares data access with arrays vs. linked lists, and compares loop ordering for 3D data sets. It also looks at a flat 1D array representation of 3D data via a mapping function. (Apr 22 2012)