Finite Difference Schemes and Partial Differential Equations

Preface to the second edition Preface to the first edition 1. Hyperbolic partial differential equations 2. Analysis of finite difference Schemes 3. Order of accuracy of finite difference schemes 4. Stability for multistep schemes 5. Dissipation and dispersion 6. Parabolic partial differential equations 7. Systems of partial differential equations in higher dimensions 8. Second-order equations 9. Analysis of well-posed and stable problems 10. Convergence estimates for initial value problems 11. Well-posed and stable initial-boundary value problems 12. Elliptic partial differential equations and difference schemes 13. Linear iterative methods 14. The method of steepest descent and the conjugate gradient method Appendix A. Matrix and vectoranalysis Appendix B. A survey of real analysis Appendix C. A Survey of results from complex analysis References Index.