Parallelization of differential problems by partitioning method (synchronized algorithm) (Q2367562)

A parallel algorithm (and in the same way a sequential one) for the solution of parabolic (time-dependent) partial differential equations is based on the decomposition of the (spatial) differential operator into terms, from which only one appears (for the unknown function) in the equation to be solved in each single fractional time step. Thus, software and hardware (i.e. the architecture of parallel computers) have to accept special requirements: they have to realize a ``master process'' to coordinate all the partial solutions, and some ``subordinate processes'' to solve the problems at the fractional step level, and linking them by synchronization servers and by transfer servers. The recent papers discuss the aspect of such an architecture (but without a definite ``hard'' mathematical analysis).