Numerical treatment of the kinematic dynamo model

Since the initial equations are complicated, the treatment of the kinematic dynamo model requires the use of numerical methods. This paper deals with the analysis of the experience acquired in treating the model of a nearly symmetric dynamo. Three different methods were employed (stationary, oscillatory and general nonstationary), because a combination of several solutions will yield more comprehensive information about the model being studied. Although the results are based on the study of a single particular model, similar problems also occur in other models and, therefore, the conclusions have a more general validity.