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On the formulation of finite difference analogues of the Dirichlet problem for Poisson's equation

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    J. H. Bramble & B. E. Hubbard

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This research was supported in part by the United States Air Force through the Air Force Office of Scientific Research of the Air Research and Development Command under Contract No. AF 49(638)-228.

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Bramble, J.H., Hubbard, B.E. On the formulation of finite difference analogues of the Dirichlet problem for Poisson's equation. Numer. Math. 4, 313–327 (1962). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01386325

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