Classes of stable three-layer schemesIn this case we agree to consider in (112) er = c 2 /h^2 , Ay
Ay = (ay:r;),:).
For the multiple heat conduction equation(114)uJr = 0' u( x, 0) = u 0 ( x) ,
457-Ay and
G being a. parallelepiped (0 < xc, < / 00 o: = 1,2, ... ,p), 0 < c 1 < ka < c 2 ,
other ideas a.re connected withp 1
I: fi2 Cl 'where hCI is the step of a. grid wh = { x = (xi' ... 'xp) E c} a.long the
direction x a.
Let Ao= A 1 +A2, where A 1 and A 2 a.re adjoint or "triangular" (with
a. triangular matrix) opera.tors, so that(Aoy, y) = 2 (A 1 y, y) = 2 (A2y, y).
Setting R = er A 1 or R = er A2 we arrive at scheme ( 108), which is stable for
er> 212 2er 0 (1 2 is a. constant involved in (111)).Example 2 The a.sym1netric scheme for the heat conduction equationbelongs to the fa.mtly of "triangle" schemes having the fonn
(115)
Here
erT
Yt + h Yxt = A Y ,Ay = -Ay,
er
Ry= h Yx'Ay = Yxx ·
Ao =A, 11 = /2 = 1.
Sche1ne (115) is stable for er > l - ~; and conditionally a.pproxi1na.tes the
heat conduction equation to 0( h) as T = O(h^2 ).