COFFEE-An MPI-parallelized Python package for the numerical evolution of differential equations

Authors

George Doulis, University of Warsaw
Jorg Frauendiener, University of Otago
Chris Stevens, Rhodes University
Benjamin E. Whale, University of WollongongFollow

RIS ID

137045

Publication Details

Doulis, G., Frauendiener, J., Stevens, C. & Whale, B. (2019). COFFEE-An MPI-parallelized Python package for the numerical evolution of differential equations. SoftwareX, 10 100283-1-100283-6.

Abstract

COFFEE (Conformal Field Equation Evolver) is a Python package primarily developed to numerically evolve systems of partial differential equations over time using the method of lines. It includes a variety of time integrators and finite differencing stencils with the summation-by-parts property, as well as pseudo-spectral functionality for angular derivatives of spin-weighted functions. Some additional capabilities include being MPI-parallelisable on a variety of different geometries, HDF data output and post processing scripts to visualize data, and an actions class that allows users to create code for analysis after each timestep.