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Iterative methods for k-Hessian equations

Numerical Analysis 2018-08-27 v3

Abstract

On a domain of the n-dimensional Euclidean space, and for an integer k=1,...,n, the k-Hessian equations are fully nonlinear elliptic equations for k >1 and consist of the Poisson equation for k=1 and the Monge-Ampere equation for k=n. We analyze for smooth non degenerate solutions a 9-point finite difference scheme. We prove that the discrete scheme has a locally unique solution with a quadratic convergence rate. In addition we propose new iterative methods which are numerically shown to work for non smooth solutions. A connection of the latter with a popular Gauss-Seidel method for the Monge-Ampere equation is established and new Gauss-Seidel type iterative methods for 2-Hessian equations are introduced.

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@article{arxiv.1406.5366,
  title  = {Iterative methods for k-Hessian equations},
  author = {Gerard Awanou},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1406.5366},
  year   = {2018}
}
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