A frequency-domain parallel method for the numerical approximation of parabolic problems (Q1971332)

Solution method for parabolic equations by going with Fourier transform in time to the frequency domain. For each frequency then an independent elliptic problem must be solved. The theory of the method including error estimates is presented. An example on 12 processors (72 frequencies) shows excellent speedup. However, the main question, if this method is more efficient than usual high-order finite difference methods, is not discussed.