##  [Boundary Leakage](/boundary-leakage) 

  ##  [Boundary Leakage](https://mathlogic.quantumdictionary.io/boundary-leakage-0) 

  

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Definition

Unintended loss or artificial flux of conserved quantities (mass, energy, momentum, probability, etc.) across a nominal boundary in a simulation or discretized model caused by discretization errors, inconsistent coupling, ghost-cell treatments, or incorrect numerical fluxes.

 

 

 

 

 





 

 



 ##  [Boundary Leakage](https://social.quantumdictionary.io/boundary-leakage-1) 

  

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Definition

The unintended transfer of duties, information, resources, regulatory effects, or externalities across a formally intended institutional, legal, or organizational boundary, so that separations designed to limit interaction are compromised in practice.