Alternating direction implicit (A.D.I.) schemes have been proved valuable in the approximation of the solutions of parabolic partial differential equations in multi-dimensional space. Consider equations in the form pa...Alternating direction implicit (A.D.I.) schemes have been proved valuable in the approximation of the solutions of parabolic partial differential equations in multi-dimensional space. Consider equations in the form partial derivative u/partial derivative t - partial derivative/partial derivative x(a(x,y,t) partial derivative u/partial derivative x) - partial derivative/partial derivative y(b(x,y,t) partial derivative u partial derivative y) = f Two A.D.I. schemes, Peaceman-Rachford scheme and Douglas scheme will be studied. In the literature, stability and convergence have been analysed with Fourier Method, which cannot be extended beyond the model problem with constant coefficients. Additionally, L-2 energy method has been introduced to analyse the case of non-constant coefficients, however, the conclusions are too weak and incomplete because of the so-called 'equivalence between L-2 norm and H-1 semi-norm'. In this paper, we try to improve these conclusions by H-1 energy estimating method. The principal results are that both of the two A.D.I. schemes are absolutely stable and converge to the exact solution with error estimations O(Delta t(2) + h(2)) in discrete H-1 norm. This implies essential improvement of existing conclusions.展开更多
文摘Alternating direction implicit (A.D.I.) schemes have been proved valuable in the approximation of the solutions of parabolic partial differential equations in multi-dimensional space. Consider equations in the form partial derivative u/partial derivative t - partial derivative/partial derivative x(a(x,y,t) partial derivative u/partial derivative x) - partial derivative/partial derivative y(b(x,y,t) partial derivative u partial derivative y) = f Two A.D.I. schemes, Peaceman-Rachford scheme and Douglas scheme will be studied. In the literature, stability and convergence have been analysed with Fourier Method, which cannot be extended beyond the model problem with constant coefficients. Additionally, L-2 energy method has been introduced to analyse the case of non-constant coefficients, however, the conclusions are too weak and incomplete because of the so-called 'equivalence between L-2 norm and H-1 semi-norm'. In this paper, we try to improve these conclusions by H-1 energy estimating method. The principal results are that both of the two A.D.I. schemes are absolutely stable and converge to the exact solution with error estimations O(Delta t(2) + h(2)) in discrete H-1 norm. This implies essential improvement of existing conclusions.
