Monotone iterations for numerical solutions of nonlinear elliptic partial differential equations (Q1194397)

The paper is concerned with monotone iteration methods for discretizations of semilinear second-order elliptic boundary value problems. The gradient of the solution \(u\) enters the problem linearly, with coefficient vector \(g(x,u)\). The authors propose a difference scheme depending on the sign behaviour of the components of \(g(x,u)\). The resulting discrete system is suitable for monotone iteration; the existence of upper and lower solutions is assumed. Under additional assumptions, the convergence is shown to be quadratic. Burgers' equation is used to test the method numerically.