The conditioning of FD matrix sequences coming from semi-elliptic differential equations

Autor: D. Noutsos, S. Serra Capizzano, P. Vassalos
Rok vydání: 2008
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Zdroj: Linear Algebra and its Applications. 428(2-3):600-624
ISSN: 0024-3795
DOI: 10.1016/j.laa.2007.08.008
Popis: In this paper we are concerned with the study of spectral properties of the sequence of matrices { A n ( a ) } coming from the discretization, using centered finite differences of minimal order, of elliptic (or semielliptic) differential operators L ( a , u ) of the form (1) - d d x a ( x ) d d x u ( x ) = f ( x ) on Ω = ( 0 , 1 ) , Dirichlet B.C. on ∂ Ω , where the nonnegative, bounded coefficient function a ( x ) of the differential operator may have some isolated zeros in Ω ¯ = Ω ∪ ∂ Ω . More precisely, we state and prove the explicit form of the inverse of { A n ( a ) } and some formulas concerning the relations between the orders of zeros of a ( x ) and the asymptotic behavior of the minimal eigenvalue (condition number) of the related matrices. As a conclusion, and in connection with our theoretical findings, first we extend the analysis to higher order (semi-elliptic) differential operators, and then we present various numerical experiments, showing that similar results must hold true in 2D as well.
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