When central finite differencing gives complex values for a real solution!

DOI10.1080/17476933.2011.647003zbMath1235.65123MaRDI QIDQ3119110

Philip Broadbridge, Joanna M. Goard

Publication date: 7 March 2012

Published in: Complex Variables and Elliptic Equations (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL: https://doi.org/10.1080/17476933.2011.647003

zbMATH Keywords

surface diffusion; integrable models; finite difference operators; generalized hypergeometric functions; fourth-order nonlinear diffusion

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

65N06: Finite difference methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs

35K52: Initial-boundary value problems for higher-order parabolic systems

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