Sharp error estimates for discretizations of the 1D convection-diffusion equation with Dirac initial data

IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis

Volumn 27, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 406-425

  Carter, Rebecca ^a   Giles, Michael B ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Convection diffusion equation; Crank Nicolson time marching; Dirac initial data; Rannacher startup

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION IN LIQUIDS; ERRORS; FOURIER ANALYSIS; HEAT CONVECTION;

ASYMPTOTIC APPROXIMATION; COMPUTATIONAL FINANCE; CONSTANT COEFFICIENTS; CONVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; DIRAC INITIAL DATA; INVERSE FOURIER TRANSFORMS; SHARP ESTIMATES; TIME MARCHING;

PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 34047138796     PISSN: 02724979     EISSN: 14643642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imanum/drl043     Document Type: Article

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