340 Difference Schemes with Constant Coefficients
For large j Lhe first harmonic yi ::::::; o: 1 piX 1 clorninates in the solution
which has been constructed before.
By means of the quantity pi = e-i log(l/p) with
it is plain to calculate
2
1--
3
log ~ = log ( 1 + ~ μ ) - log ( 1 - ~ μ^1 )
p 3 1 3 l+Jl-2μ1.
The expansion in powers of μ 1 yields log (1/ p) = μ 1 + ~ p~ + ···,so that
Thus, the three-layer scheme (13) of accuracy O(h^2 + T^2 ) possesses the
proper asymptotics as tj ____, oo under the unique restriction T 15 < 1/2,
which is not burdensome. Comparison of the final results with the two-
layer scheme (4) reveals some formal advantage of the three-layer scheme
over the symmetric two-layer scheme with O" = i, which is conditionally
asymptotically stable if we imposed the extra constraint T <To= l/../[!S..,
To = To ( h), in addition to the usual one T 15 < 1. However, this restriction
is sufficiently weak in real-life situations and, therefore, it is rneaningless
to speak about any practical advantage of the three-layer scheme. For
this reason the two-layer schen1e is quite applicable and 111ore efficient m
practical implementations.
5.3 SCHEMES FOR THE HEAT CONDUCTION EQUATION
WITH SEVERAL SPATIAL VARIABLES
- The explicit difference scheme. The schemes considered in Section 1
111ay be generalized to the case of the heat conduction equation with several
spatial variables.