Some properties of difference elliptic operators 287
In this line, the operator Laf3 u is approximated by the difference op-
erator
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which is defined for CY -::/- f3 on the 7-point pattern (see Fig. 15) consisting
of the nodes
Figure 15.
The operator Aaf3 arranges itself as a sum
We are going to show that A~ 2 and A 12 have the first and second order of
approximation, respectively:
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Indeed, we refer to the operator A~ 2 u = (k 12 u;;Jx 1 • Substituting here the
expressions
OU h2
u. = --- -
X^2 OX 2 2