A O(h sup 4) Cubic Spline Collocation Method for Quasilinear Parabolic Equations.

Abstract

A modified version of the usual cubic spline collocation method is proposed and analyzed for quasilinear parabolic problems. Continuous time estimates of order O(h sup 4) are obtained, via arguments based on certain discrete inner-products, for a uniform mesh and sufficiently smooth problems. Two types of collocation at the boundary are studied and shown to yield O(h sup 4) and O(h sup(7/2)) rates of convergence.

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Dec 11, 1974
Accession Number
ADA003865

Entities

People

  • D. A. Archer

Organizations

  • Naval Postgraduate School

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Boundaries
  • Convergence
  • Equations

Fields of Study

  • Mathematics

Readers

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