Dirichlet degrees of freedom need not be eliminated

  • Authors:
  • J. Maubach

  • Affiliations:
  • Eindhoven University of Technology, Postbus 513, NL-5600 MB Eindhoven, The Netherlands

  • Venue:
  • Applied Numerical Mathematics
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

Dirichlet degrees of freedom are often eliminated from discretized initial value boundary value equations. This has advantages (creation of a symmetric system of equations and simplification of the equations) and a potential disadvantage (modification of the equations could lead to a more complex and less convenient implementation). This paper demonstrates that no elimination is needed to keep all elimination-related advantages - if one uses standard iterative solution techniques in a proper manner.