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Generalized Euler Method for First Order Partial Differential Functional Equations

abstract:
We present a new class of numerical methods for nonlinear first order partial differential equations. Classical solutions of mixed problems are approximated in the paper by solutions of suitable quasilinear systems of difference equations. We give a complete convergence analysis for the methods and we show by an example that the new methods are considerably better than the classical schemes. The proof of the stability is based on a comparison technique with nonlinear estimates of the Perron type.

Mathematics Subject Classification: 35R10, 65M12

Key words and phrases: Initial boundary value problems, stability and convergence, nonlinear estimates of the Perron type, bicharacteristics