Abstract
Finite-difference schemes for parabolic differential equations are considered. It is well known that the Crank-Nicolson scheme can lead to considerable inaccuracy if the time step is large or the initial-value function is unfavorable. Methods that overcome these defects are known but, computationally, are considerably more expensive. Two families of schemes are presented here which also overcome these deficiencies in the Crank-Nicolson scheme but which involve no extra amount of computation.

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