Methods for limiting the calculation area during problem solving by the finite difference method
Authors: S. A. Marković, J. M. Cvetić, T. D. Koledin
Keywords: boundary conditions; finite difference method; open space; numerically exact
Abstract:
By using the integro-differential approach and classical boundary conditions (such as Dirichlet’s, Neumann’s or the very rarely used Cauchy boundary condition) for solving the two-dimensional problems in open space by the finite difference method, it is possible to – in the numerically exact way – close the calculation area to finite distance. Thus, one of great limitations of the finite difference method is overcome.
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