A New Modification of the Method of Lines for First Order Hyperbolic PDEs

Fatmah M. Alabdali, Huda Omar Bakodah

Department of Mathematics Science Faculty for Girls, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, KSA.

DOI: 10.4236/am.2014.510138                

Abstract

A new modification of the Method of Lines is proposed for the solution of first order partial differential equations. The accuracy of the method is shown with the matrix analysis. The method is applied to a number of test problems, on uniform grids, to compare the accuracy and computational efficiency with the standard method.

Keywords

Method of Lines, First-Order Hyperbolic Equation, Numerical Solution

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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