Layer-adapted meshes for reaction-convection-diffusion problems (Q1039401)

The book gives a thorough analysis of layer-adapted meshes used in the numerical treatment of reaction-convection-diffusion equations and hence is a book on numerical methods for singular perturbation problems. After introducing layer-adapted meshes the first part of the book opens with one dimensional problems. After discussing the analytical behaviour of solutions of different types of equations finite difference methods are discussed in some detail. A shorter chapter on finite volume and finite element methods follows and the first part is concluded by the description of some particular discretisations. In the second part, two dimensional problems are considered where after a discussion of the analytical properties of solutions reaction-diffusion as well as convection-diffusion problems are treated. The book is a welcome enrichement of the classical literature in that it shows clearly what can be done on meshes which are not of Shishkin-type.