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Published online by Cambridge University Press: 26 May 2016
Results for multidimensional stellar model simulations of both 2D and 3D hydrodynamic models and 2D stellar evolution sequences are presented. Simulations of the highly superadiabatic region of the solar convective region provide a good example of the current status and limitations of explicit 3D finite difference methods in stellar problems. Such simulations cannot be used for stellar cores, where the motion is expected to be well subsonic. The results of some 2D fully implcit hydrodynamic simulations of convective cores and shells are given for models with and without rotation, and their effects examined through fully 2D stellar evolution sequences. One effect of moderate to rapid rotation in convective cores is to alter the convective flow pattern so that convective eddies tend to line up parallel to the rotation axis. Rotation also appears to modestly reduce the amount of convective core overshooting, at least for intermediate mass models.