Abstract

In this paper, a new family of fourth order Chebyshev methods (also called stabilized methods) is constructed. These methods possess nearly optimal stability regions along the negative real axis and a three-term recurrence relation. The stability properties and the high order make them suitable for large stiff problems, often space discretization of parabolic PDEs. A new code ROCK4 is proposed, illustrated at several examples, and compared to existing programs.

MSC codes

  1. 65L20
  2. 65M20

Keywords

  1. stiff ordinary differential equations
  2. explicit Runge--Kutta methods
  3. orthogonal polynomials
  4. parabolic partial differential equations

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cover image SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing
SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing
Pages: 2041 - 2054
ISSN (online): 1095-7197

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Published online: 25 July 2006

MSC codes

  1. 65L20
  2. 65M20

Keywords

  1. stiff ordinary differential equations
  2. explicit Runge--Kutta methods
  3. orthogonal polynomials
  4. parabolic partial differential equations

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