This paper describes some new finite difference methods of order 2 and 4 for computing eigenvalues of a two-point boundary value problem associated with a fourth order differential equation of the form (py")" + (q r)y 0. Numerical results for two typical eigenvalue problems are tabulated to demonstrate practical usefulness of our methods.

We present a compact high-order finite difference scheme for option pricing in the well-known Heston stochastic volatility model. The scheme is fourth order accurate in space and second order accurate in time. This is also confirmed by the numerical experiments that we present.

We study the stability of some finite difference schemes for hyperbolic systems in two space dimensions. The grid is assumed to be cartesian, but the space steps in each direction are not necessarily equal. Our sufficient stability conditions are shown to be also necessary for one concrete example. We conclude with some numerical illustrations of our result. AMS subject classification: 65M12, 6...

We study the initial-boundary problem of dissipative symmetric regularized long wave equations with damping term by finite difference method. A linear three-level implicit finite difference scheme is designed. Existence and uniqueness of numerical solutions are derived. It is proved that the finite difference scheme is of second-order convergence and unconditionally stable by the discrete energ...

A system of coupled singularly perturbed initial value problems with a small parameter is considered. The solution to the system have boundary layers. The structure of these layers is analyzed, and this leads to the construction of a piecewise-uniform Shishkin mesh. On this mesh a hybrid finite difference scheme is proved to be almost second-order accurate, uniformly in the small parameter. Num...

We prove convergence of discrete duality finite volume (DDFV) schemes on distorted meshes for a class of simplified macroscopic bidomain models of the electrical activity in the heart. Both time-implicit and linearised time-implicit schemes are treated. A short description is given of the 3D DDFV meshes and of some of the associated discrete calculus tools. Several numerical tests are presented.

A class of finite difference methods for solving fractional diffusion equations is considered. These methods are an extension of the weighted average methods for ordinary (non-fractional) diffusion equations. Their accuracy is of order (Dx) and Dt, except for the fractional version of the Crank–Nicholson method, where the accuracy with respect to the timestep is of order (Dt) if a second-order ...

We present an error analysis for an unconditionally energy stable, fully discrete finite difference scheme for the Cahn-Hilliard-Hele-Shaw equation, a modified Cahn-Hilliard equation coupled with the Darcy flow law. The scheme, proposed in [47], is based on the idea of convex splitting. In this paper, we rigorously prove first order convergence in time and second order convergence in space. Ins...

In this paper, we proposed an unconditionally stable NonStandard Finite Difference (NSFD) scheme to solve nonlinear Riccati differential equation. The accuracy and efficiency of the proposed scheme is verified by comparing the results with other numerical techniques such as Euler and RK-4 and semi analytical technique DTM. The obtained results show that the performance of NSFD scheme is more ac...

We derive a new compact high-order finite difference scheme for option pricing in stochastic volatility models. The scheme is fourth order accurate in space and second order accurate in time. To prove results on the unconditional stability in the sense of von Neumann we perform a thorough Fourier analysis of the problem and deduce convergence of our scheme. We present results of numerical exper...