Partitioning ODE systems with an application to air pollution models (Q5948842)

First, the classical use of the Newton iterative method in the backward Euler approximation of the solution of a stiff system of ordinary differential equations (ODEs) is discussed. Next, a partitioning procedure is proposed in order to reduce the corresponding computational work. The main result is obtaining of algebraic conditions under which the Newton iterative method in the partitioning procedure will converge and will produce sufficiently accurate approximations. Some numerical results related to ODE systems arising in some large air pollution models are also presented.