A Domain Decomposition Method for First-Order PDEs

In this report a nonoverlapping domain decomposition method to solve first-order, time-dependent partial differential equations is developed. The time discretization used is implicit, which gives a large system of equations to solve for each time step. Preconditioners with a fast inversion based on a fast modified sine transform are defined. Theoretical analysis of the method is presented, indicating that the ratio in the grid might be crucial for the convergence. Finally numerical results from a parallel implementation on an Intel Paragon are presented, showing very nice properties. Especially a nonuniform decomposition of the domain leads to very good results.