Convergence and accuracy of hon1ogeneous conservative schemes 163
It seems worthwhile to focus the reader's attention on the best scherne
(15) from Section 2 for which the chain of the relations occurs:
0 1
o-2-- = J __ d_s __ = .1--c_ls __
a k(:t:n+i +sh) k(x 11 +sh)
n+l -1 Q
e 1
J
ds J ds
= k(x 71 +sh) + k(x 71 +sh)
o e
e
= j (-k
1
+ (s - 8) h
1
(-k
1
) + O(h
2
)) ds
left left
0
l
+ j (k
1
+ (s - 8) h^1 (_kl).. + O(h^2 )) ds
nght 11ght
e
8 1 - 8
= -+ +O(h),
kleft kright
0
so that 7] 71 + 1 = 1771 + 1 = O(h). For all other schernes 1Jn+i = 0(1).
In the estimation of 1/;* it is necessary to distinguish two possibilities
of interest: 8 < 0.5 and 8 > 0.5.
(1) Let 8 < 0.5. In every such case 1/J; = O(h^2 ) for i f:- n, while
0 0
1/;~ = 0(1) and only for the best scheme with <p, = <p 1 and d; = d;
0 1/2
incorporated 1/J; = J q(xi +sh) (u(xi +sh) - u,) ds = O(h)
-1/2
is attained for i = n, since u(:i: 71 +sh) = u(() + O(h) for any
s E [-0.5,0.5].
(2) If 8 > 0.5, then 1/J; = O(h^2 ) for if:- n + 1, while 1/J;+ 1 = 0(1) and
0
1/J~.+i = O(h).