Difference schemes for the equation of vibrations of a string 371
This estimate remains valid for scheme ( 4a) under the constraint
(21)
4 r-? '
where E > 0 is an arbitrary number. To make sure of it, we should replace
everywhere in the above proof μk by o:k = ( 1 r^2 .Ak) ( 1 + O" r^2 .Ak)-^1.
The superposition principle unveils its potential in investigating the
stability of scheme (4) with respect to the right-hand side by considering
the problem
( 4b) Ytt - A - Y (a) + 'P' Yo=YN=O, y(x,0)=0, Yt(x,0)=0,
whose solution is sought as a sum
(22)
j. ·I
LT yJ,J
j'=O
where Y j,j' as a function of j solves for fixed j' the ho1nogeneous equation
O<j'<j,
supplied by the boundary conditions
(24)
y;J,J · •I - yJ,J · ·I -^0
o - N -
and the initial conditions
·I ·I y j'+J,jl - y j',j'
Yt J ,J --
y j'+1,j' •I
<1> J
'
·I ·I
(25) yJ,J =0,
T T
where <1> j' is so chosen as to satisfy the nonhomogeneous equation ( 4 b).
A similar. ·/ problem arises naturally for the function q,,j. By the defini-
tion of Y J,J
'
Ytt i --
1 · · j-I • •I
- yJ+l,J + ~ L_, T y_J,J tt '
T j'=O
j-1
Ay(a) = O"T AYj+i,j +LT A(Yj,j')(a)
JI =Ci