A Least Squares Decomposition Method for Solving Elliptic Equations
- 1 October 1977
- journal article
- Published by JSTOR in Mathematics of Computation
- Vol. 31 (140) , 873-880
- https://doi.org/10.2307/2006118
Abstract
This paper analyzes a numerical method for solving second-order elliptic partial differential equations. The idea is to write the equation as a lower-order system and solve the system using least squares techniques. Error estimates are derived for a model problem.Keywords
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