344 Difference Schen1es with Constant Coefficients
provided condition (7) holds. With this relation in vrew, we derive the
inequality
(8)
where IIμ lie~ := maxxEl'h I μ(x, t) I, which expresses the stability of the
explicit scheme (3) with respect to boundary conditions and initial data for
(9) To= 2 1( L p h2 1)-l
a=l °'
By analogy with the one-dimensional case in the estimation of y (see Section
1.7), let us recast the difference equation as yj+i = Fj, where
and II Fj lie< II Y lie+ T 11 'P lie for T < T 0 , thereby justifying that
II JJ'+i lie= II Fj' lie< II~, lie+ T 11 'Pj' lie
for the same values of T < T 0. Summation over j' = 0, 1, ... , j yields the
inequality
(10)
j , I
II Yj+i lie < L T II 'P^1 lie,
j'=O
characterizing the stability of the explicit scheme with respect to the right-
hand side. For T < To relations (8) and (10) together imply the estimate
(11)
. ~ ·I j , I
II Y^1 +^1 lie < II Uo lie+ max II μJ lie + L T II 'P^1 lie·
O~J'~J+l ~ j'=O
With the notation h = min he,, the stability condition (9) takes the form
h2
T < ~ -2p,
thus demonstrating that the adn1issible step T of the explicit scheme de-
creases with increasing the di111ension p.