Stiffness and Accuracy in the Method of Lines Integration of Partial Differential Equations. Part II: The Sliding Difference Method.

Abstract

Integration of a partial differential equation by the method of lines requires, as a first step, that the spatial derivatives in the partial differential equation be replaced by a finite difference approximation, thus reducing the partial differential equation to a set of ordinary differential equations coupled, by the approximation, along a spatial grid. (Modified author abstract)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 17, 1974
Accession Number
AD0787499

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  • A. M. Loeb

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DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Abstracts
  • Accuracy
  • Differential Equations
  • Equations
  • Mathematics
  • Partial Differential Equations
  • Stiffness

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  • Mathematics

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