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The NAG Library parabolic partial differential equation (p.d.e.) sub-chapter D03P has recently been revised to make use of the successful SPRINT Leeds University/Shell Research Software and so offers a range of different space discretization methods that can be applied to a common problem class of parabolic-elliptic systems of p.d.e.s with coupled differential-algebraic equations. Three significant advances over the existing software in D03P are the wide class of problems that can be solved, the spatial remeshing routines that are available and the modular structure which allows a wide range of NAG time integration and linear algebra routines to be used with all the spatial discretization routines. The improvements that these new routines offer over the existing D03P routines are illustrated by a number of example problems. The future requirements of software in this area are considered.
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Berzins, M. (1990). Developments in the NAG library software for parabolic equations. In: Mason, J.C., Cox, M.G. (eds) Scientific Software Systems. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-0841-3_4
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