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Quarterly of Applied Mathematics

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On the construction of Hermitian from Lagrangian difference approximations


Authors: Mahmut Tanrikulu and William Prager
Journal: Quart. Appl. Math. 24 (1967), 371-373
MSC: Primary 65.66
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1090/qam/218035
MathSciNet review: 218035
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Abstract: It is shown how simple finite difference approximations to the Laplace operator in two- or three-dimensions can be combined to construct Hermitian finite difference approximations to the two- or three-dimensional Poisson equation $\Delta u = f$.


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