Strong and weak discrete maximum principles for matrices associated with elliptic problems (Q1095617)

Employing the finite difference method or the finite element method for real linear second order elliptic partial differential equations, discrete maximum principles are particularly useful in the resulting matrix equations. The aim of this paper is to present strong and weak discrete maximum principles and related results. Some numerical examples for the Laplace equation are carried out to illustrate their usefulness. The radiation cooling problem with nonlinear boundary conditions is analyzed numerically, too.