MA34710 - NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS

Module Identifier	MA34710
Module Title	NUMERICAL SOLUTION OF PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS
Academic Year	2001/2002
Co-ordinator	Professor T Phillips
Semester	Semester 2
Other staff	Professor Arthur Davies
Pre-Requisite	MA25110
Course delivery	Lecture	19 x 1 hour lectures
	Seminars / Tutorials	3 x 1 hour example classes
Assessment	Exam	2 Hours (written examination)	100%
	Resit assessment	2 Hours (written examination)	100%

General description

Finite difference approximations to elliptic partial differential equations. Local truncation error and error analysis. Boundary conditions on a curved boundary. Variational formulation and the finite element method. Classical iterative methods for solving linear systems of algebraic equations: Jacobi, Gauss-Seidel, SOR. Fourier analysis of convergence.
Finite difference approximations to parabolic partial differential equations in one space variable. Local truncation error and error analysis. Explicit and implicit methods. Convergence and stability. The Thomas algorithm.

Aims

The aim of this course is to provide an introduction to numerical methods for solving partial differential equations of elliptic and parabolic type. Concepts such as consistency, convergence and stability of numerical methods will be discussed. Classical iterative methods for solving the systems of linear algebraic equations arising from the discretization of elliptic problems will be described and their convergence behaviour analysed.

Learning outcomes

On completion of this module, a student should be able to:

discretise an elliptic partial differential equation using finite difference and finite elements methods.
perform an error analysis for the discrete approximation to elliptic equations.
solve the discrete equations using classical iterative methods.
analyse the convergence behaviour of these iterative methods.
discretise parabolic partial differential equations in one space variable.
perform an error analysis for the discrete approximation to parabolic equations.

Reading Lists

Books
** Recommended Text
K W Morton and D F Mayers. (1995) Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations. Cambridge University Press
G D Smith. (1985) Numerical Solution of Partial Differential Equations: Finite Difference Methods. 3rd. Oxford University Press 0198596413