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A Spectral Method for Parabolic Differential Equations

Numerical Analysis 2012-04-02 v1

Abstract

We present a spectral method for parabolic partial differential equations with zero Dirichlet boundary conditions. The region {\Omega} for the problem is assumed to be simply-connected and bounded, and its boundary is assumed to be a smooth surface. An error analysis is given, showing that spectral convergence is obtained for sufficiently smooth solution functions. Numerical examples are given in both R^2 and R^3.

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@article{arxiv.1203.6709,
  title  = {A Spectral Method for Parabolic Differential Equations},
  author = {Kendall Atkinson and Olaf Hansen and David Chien},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1203.6709},
  year   = {2012}
}

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25 pages, 15 figures

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