TY - GEN
T1 - High order finite difference schemes for the heat equation whose convergence rates are higher than their truncation errors
AU - Ditkowski, A.
N1 - Publisher Copyright:
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PY - 2015
Y1 - 2015
N2 - Typically when a semi-discrete approximation to a partial differential equation (PDE) is constructed a discretization of the spatial operator with a truncation error τ is derived. This discrete operator should be semi-bounded for the scheme to be stable. Under these conditions the Lax–Richtmyer equivalence theorem assures that the scheme converges and that the error will be, at most, of the order of ║τ║. In most cases the error is in indeed of the order of ║τ║. We demonstrate that for the Heat equation stable schemes can be constructed, whose truncation errors are τ, however, the actual errors are much smaller. This gives more degrees of freedom in the design of schemes which can make them more efficient (more accurate or compact) than standard schemes. In some cases the accuracy of the schemes can be further enhanced using post-processing procedures.
AB - Typically when a semi-discrete approximation to a partial differential equation (PDE) is constructed a discretization of the spatial operator with a truncation error τ is derived. This discrete operator should be semi-bounded for the scheme to be stable. Under these conditions the Lax–Richtmyer equivalence theorem assures that the scheme converges and that the error will be, at most, of the order of ║τ║. In most cases the error is in indeed of the order of ║τ║. We demonstrate that for the Heat equation stable schemes can be constructed, whose truncation errors are τ, however, the actual errors are much smaller. This gives more degrees of freedom in the design of schemes which can make them more efficient (more accurate or compact) than standard schemes. In some cases the accuracy of the schemes can be further enhanced using post-processing procedures.
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U2 - 10.1007/978-3-319-19800-2_13
DO - 10.1007/978-3-319-19800-2_13
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AN - SCOPUS:84951913668
SN - 9783319197999
T3 - Lecture Notes in Computational Science and Engineering
SP - 167
EP - 178
BT - Spectral and High Order Methods for Partial Differential Equations, ICOSAHOM 2014, Selected papers from the ICOSAHOM
A2 - Kirby, Robert M.
A2 - Berzins, Martin
A2 - Hesthaven, Jan S.
PB - Springer Verlag
Y2 - 23 June 2014 through 27 June 2014
ER -