STABILITY REGIONS OF DISCRETE VARIABLE METHODS FOR ORDINARY DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS,

Abstract

The idea of strong stability is the following: The effect of a perturbation in the finite-difference equation should not be worse than the effect of a corresponding perturbation in the differential equation to be solved numerically. For a given discretization scheme, a one-parameter family of regions in the complex domain is defined which permits to test for a given system of differential equations and a given stepsize whether strong stability prevails or not. Furthermore the shapes and sizes of the regions permit a comparison between the stability properties of various schemes. In the present report, a particular effort has been made to investigate the influences of the various alternatives in the algorithmic execution of a predictor-corrector method. The results are displayed in a large number of plots.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 15, 1967
Accession Number
AD0659798

Entities

People

  • Hans J. Stetter
  • Hildegarde Sochatzy
  • Werner Baron

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Difference Equations
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Mathematical Analysis
  • Mathematics
  • Perturbations

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

  • Finite Element Method (FEM) for solving Partial Differential Equations (PDEs)
  • Regression Analysis.