Finite-difference method for solving a multidimensional pseudoparabolic equation with boundary conditions of the third kind

Abstract

We study an initial-boundary value problem for a multidimensional pseudoparabolic equation with variable coefficients and boundary conditions of the third kind. The multidimensional pseudoparabolic equation is reduced to an integro-differential equation with a small parameter. It is shown that as the small parameter tends to zero, the solution of the resulting modified problem converges to the solution of the original problem. For an approximate solution of the obtained problem, a locally one-dimensional difference scheme by A. A. Samarsky is constructed. An a priori estimate is obtained by the method of energy inequalities, from which the uniqueness, stability, and convergence of the solution of the locally one-dimensional difference scheme to the solution of the original differential problem follow. For a two- dimensional problem, an algorithm for the numerical solution of the initial-boundary value problem for a pseudoparabolic equation with conditions of the third kind is developed.