Stability Restrictions on Second Order, Three Level Finite Difference Schemes for Parabolic Equations

1980 ◽  
Vol 17 (2) ◽  
pp. 300-309 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Varah
Keyword(s):  
Finite Difference ◽  
Parabolic Equations ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Difference Schemes ◽  
Finite Difference Schemes

scholarly journals Backward differentiation formula finite difference schemes for diffusion equations with an obstacle term

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivier Bokanowski ◽  
Kristian Debrabant
Keyword(s):  
Finite Difference ◽  
Mathematical Finance ◽  
Second Order ◽  
Difference Schemes ◽  
Diffusion Equations ◽  
Finite Difference Schemes ◽  
Differentiation Formula ◽  
Backward Differentiation Formula ◽  
Hamilton Jacobi Bellman ◽  
Nicolson Scheme

Abstract Finite difference schemes, using backward differentiation formula (BDF), are studied for the approximation of one-dimensional diffusion equations with an obstacle term of the form $$\begin{equation*}\min(v_t - a(t,x) v_{xx} + b(t,x) v_x + r(t,x) v, v- \varphi(t,x))= f(t,x).\end{equation*}$$For the scheme building on the second-order BDF formula, we discuss unconditional stability, prove an $L^2$-error estimate and show numerically second-order convergence, in both space and time, unconditionally on the ratio of the mesh steps. In the analysis an equivalence of the obstacle equation with a Hamilton–Jacobi–Bellman equation is mentioned, and a Crank–Nicolson scheme is tested in this context. Two academic problems for parabolic equations with an obstacle term with explicit solutions and the American option problem in mathematical finance are used for numerical tests.

Stability of Finite-difference Schemes for Semilinear Multidimensional Parabolic Equations

2012 ◽  
Vol 12 (3) ◽  
pp. 289-305 ◽  
Author(s):  
Bosko Jovanovic ◽  
Magdalena Lapinska-Chrzczonowicz ◽  
Aleh Matus ◽  
Piotr Matus
Keyword(s):  
Finite Difference ◽  
Parabolic Equations ◽  
Blow Up ◽  
Initial Boundary ◽  
Initial Boundary Value Problem ◽  
Difference Schemes ◽  
Finite Difference Schemes ◽  
Nonlinear Odes ◽  
The Stability ◽  
Initial Boundary Value

Abstract Abstract — We have studied the stability of finite-difference schemes approximating initial-boundary value problem (IBVP) for multidimensional parabolic equations with a nonlinear source of a power type. We have obtained simple sufficient input data conditions, in which the solutions of differential and difference problems are globally bounded for all t. It is shown that if these conditions are not satisfied, then the solution can blow-up (go to infinity) in finite time. The lower bound of the blow-up time has been determined. The stability of the difference solution has been proven. In all cases, we used the method of energy inequalities based on the application of the Chaplygin comparison theorem for nonlinear ODEs, Bihari-type inequalities and their discrete analogs.

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