1990 | OriginalPaper | Chapter
Elliptic Partial Differential Equations, Relaxation Methods
Author : Heinz Rutishauser
Published in: Lectures on Numerical Mathematics
Publisher: Birkhäuser Boston
Included in: Professional Book Archive
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The classical model examples of partial differential equations are: a)Dirichletproblem (elliptic case): (1)$$\frac{{{\partial ^2}u}}{{\partial {x^2}}}\, + \,\frac{{{\partial ^2}u}}{{\partial {y^2}}}\, = \,f(x,y) in the domain B of the \left( {x,y} \right) - plane,\,$$u (or ∂u/∂n in the so-called Neumann problem) given on the boundary of B.b)Heat equation (parabolic case): (2)$$\frac{{\partial u}}{{\partial t}} = \frac{{{\partial ^2}u}}{{\partial {x^2}}}for a \leqslant x \leqslant b, t > 0,$$$$u\left( {x,t} \right) given at t = 0 for all x,$$$$u or \partial u/\partial x given at x = a,x = b for all t.$$c)Wave equation (hyperbolic case):(3)$$\frac{{{\partial ^2}u}}{{\partial {t^2}}}{\mkern 1mu} + {\mkern 1mu} \frac{{{\partial ^2}u}}{{\partial {x^2}}}for a \leqslant x \leqslant b, t > 0,$$$$u and \partial u/\partial t given at t = 0 for all x,$$$$u or \partial u/\partial x given at x = a, x = b for all t.$$