The alternating direction n1ethocl 559
or
Sumn1ing up over k = 0, 1, ... , n and inserting z^0 = 0, we find that
( 43) llzn+lll(l l = II (E + 0.5 T Az(t11+1)) zn+l II
< ~ t T (111/J~ II+ II~; II) ,
k=O
where
( 44)
Observe that estimate (43) remains unchanged ifthe nonn llzll(l) is replaced
either by the nonn II z II or by the norm
by virtue of the relations
This type of situation is covered by the following assertion.
Theore1n 3 Scheme (33)-(34) is absolutely stable (for any h 1 , h 2 and r)
and converges with the rate O(lhl^2 )+r^2 in tl1e norm 11 · ll(l) given by formula
( 44) under the rondi tions which ,g·uarantee a second-order approximation
on a solution u = u(J:, t) of proble111 (:32).
Recall that a second-order accuracy of sche1ne (33)-(34) is ensured
by making a special choice of the boundary conditions for the intermediate
value y = y such as
y =fl for
It is possible to demonstrate that the accuracy O(lhl^2 ) + r^2 of this
scheme remains unchanged if we might agree to consider
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μn + μn+l
y=
2