Homogeneous difference schernes for the heat conduction 465
and Ak(A) is the kth eigenvalue of the operator A. It follows from Green's
formulathat0
where A y = -Yxx for y E H, with further reference to the relation(Av,y) = ((y,,)^2 ,1J.
0
The smallest and greatest eigenvalues of the operator A are given by the
formulas
0 4 .,7rh
~ = h2 cos- 2,
0 0
thereby justifying the estimates 15 > c 1 15 and ~ > c 2 ~.
'vVe know from the general stability theory that scheme (10) is stable
in the space HA with respect to the initial data, that is,under the constraintIn the case where1 1
Clo= 2 - T ~.1 l - E
(Jc = 2 - T ~ 'a solution of problem ( 10) satisfies the estin1ate( 11)
For the explicit scheme ( cr = 0) we might have( 12 ) Y; j+I -_ ( 1 - h2 T ( a;+ ai+l ))· Y; j + h2 T ( aiYi-l ,j + a;+1Y; j) + Tl.f!;, j
where the coefficient at the member yf is non-negative, provided the con-
dition
2r
1--c h2 2 ->O