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Zbl 1196.65154
Liao, Hong-Lin; Sun, Zhi-Zhong
Maximum norm error bounds of ADI and compact ADI methods for solving parabolic equations.
(English)
[J] Numer. Methods Partial Differ. Equations 26, No. 1, 37-60 (2010). ISSN 0749-159X; ISSN 1098-2426/e

A multidimensional parabolic equation can be solved numerically very efficiently using alternating direction implicit (ADI) schemes. The authors expand previous results of numerical analysis for these schemes, namely the unconditional convergence of such numerical solutions in the maximum norm of order two in 2D space and time is proved under a smoothness assumption for the continuous solution of the problem. Moreover, using an asymptotic expansion of the difference solution, a fourth order, both in space and time, approximation is obtained by one Richardson extrapolation. In the second part the authors investigate high-order compact ADI schemes. The proposed technique can be also used for approximation of this type. A maximum norm error of order $O(\tau ^2+h_1^4+h_2^4)$, where $\tau$ is the time step and $h_1, h_2$ represent the grid size, for a 2D space domain is proved. Again by one extrapolation, a sixth order accurate approximation under the condition that the time step is proportional to the squares of the spatial size is derived. A finally presented numerical example confirms the theoretical results of the scheme.
[Angela Handlovičová (Bratislava)]
MSC 2000:
*65M15 Error bounds (IVP of PDE)
65M06 Finite difference methods (IVP of PDE)
65M12 Stability and convergence of numerical methods (IVP of PDE)
35K20 Second order parabolic equations, boundary value problems
65F10 Iterative methods for linear systems

Keywords: asypmtotic expansion; compact ADI scheme; discrete energy method; Richardson extrapolation; finite difference method; error estimates; multidimensional parabolic equation; alternating direction implicit (ADI) schemes; convergence; numerical example

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