Error estimate for discrete approximation of the radiative-conductive heat transfer problem in a system of absolutely black rods (Q2214353)

The authors develop discrete and semidiscrete approximations of the radiative-conductive heat transfer problem. The problem domain is assumed to consist of \(n^2\) absolutely black rods with circular sections, separated by vacuum. Firstly, some properties of the continuous problem are presented, such as existence and uniqueness, and maximum principle-type results. Then finite difference approximation of the problem is developed. The main result of the paper is error estimate, which establishes the convergence of the solution of the discrete to the exact one at a rate of \(\mathcal{O}\left( \frac{\sqrt{\varepsilon}}{\lambda} \right)\), where \(\varepsilon\) is the radius of rods and \(\lambda\) is the heat-conductivity coefficient.