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lead to the difference scheme
0 0
(2) - a-o z Yi -h Yi-1] - di Yi = - <pi ,
0
<pi
1
n 1
z
'"i+1/2
j J(x)dx,
'"i+1/2
J
(^0 1)
d; = Ji.
z
q(x)dx,
Xi-1/2
which is the best possible in the same sense as we spoke above about this
on an equidistant grid. On the same grounds as before, the coefficients ~ii
0 0
d; and <pi are representable by
(3)
0
a-z
0
d z
0
<p z
( 0 ) _,
f k(x;~shi)
-1
0
h·
J
1 h+1
q(x; + shi) ds + T
n
' -1/2 z
0
h·
J
(^1) J(x; + sh) hi+1
- n 1 ds + T
z -1/2 '
1/2
J
q(x; + shi+i) ds,
0
l /2
J
f(xi + sh;+ 1 ) ds.
0
Retaining the notations of Chapter 2, Section 1
Yi - Yi-1
Yx,1: = h·
z
'1/ - Yi+1 - Yi
.x,i - h-
z+l
which allow a simpler writing of the ensuing formulae, we refer to the three-
point scheme
(4)
y(O)=u 1 , y(l)=u 2 , a > c 1 > 0 , d > 0.