Author(s): A.A. Mhassin
Article publication date: 2001-08-01
Vol. 19 No. 1 (yearly), pp. 89-92.
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Keywords
Numerical Analysis, Laplace operator, Finite Difference
Abstract
A nine point formula to approximate the Laplace operator for irregular domains has been derived using the Taylor series. This formula proves to be of order O(h2). A comparison with those methods on finite difference and finite element has shown that the above formula is more accurate.