Other proble1ns 183
subject to the conditions
(17) Yo= YN'
For determination of Yi, i = 1, 2, ... N, we obtain the system of equations
i= 1,2,. .. ,N,
supplied by the conditions of periodicity: y 0 = YN and YN+l = y 1. This
system can be solved by the cyclic elimination method (for more detail see
Chapter 1, Section 1.2).
Since a > c 1 > 0 and d 2 c 1 > 0, the maximurn principle is still valid
for problern ( 16)-( 17), due to which
The inequality obtained permits us to derive for the error z
estimate
II z lie= O(h^2 ),
y - u the
since 1/J; = 0( h^2 ) for i = 1, 2, ... , N. Thus, scheme (16)-(17) is of second-
order accuracy in the space C when k(x) E cC^3 ) and q(x), f(x) E C(^2 l.
- Monotone schemes for an equation of general form. The object of
investigation is the boundary-value problem
Lu= (kit')'+ r(x)u' -q(x)u = -f(x), O<x<l,
(18)
u(O) = 11. 1 , u(l) = u 2 , k(x) 2 c 1 > 0, I r(x) I< c 2 , q > 0.
The main idea here is connected with the design of a new difference schen1e
of second-order approximation for which the maximum principle would be
in full force for any step h. The meaning of this property is that we should
have (see Chapter 1, Section 1)
(19) Ai Yi-1 - Ci Yi+ B; Yi+1 =-Fi, i = 1, 2, ... , N - 1,
where A; > 0, B; > 0 and C; - Ai - Bi = D; 2 0.
Any such scheme is said to be monotone. As before, the operator
Lu = ( ku')' - qu is approximated to second order by the homogeneous
three-point scheme Ay = ( ayx) x - dy.