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Equilibrium heat equation

Methods:

  1. Finite differences
  2. Elementary finite element method
  3. Sparse matrix principles
  4. Solution of sparse system via relaxation

Principles:

  1. Accuracy of discrete approximation to continuous solution
  2. Extrapolation to exact solution
  3. Convergence rates of iterative matrix methods related to PDE
  4. Use of matlab to prototype


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