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    PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS There are three main types of partial differential equations. | PARABOLIC: first order derivative in one variable, second order derivative in others for example diffusion and the time dependent Schroedinger equation. 2. ELLIPTIC: second order dertvatives in al variables, but with the same signs for example Poisson, time independent Schroedinger equation 3. HYPERBOLIC: second order derivatives in all variables, but with different signs, for example the wave equations. For this topic the best reference fs Koonin, chapters 6 and 7, We will deal mainly with chapter 7, concerning parabolic diferential equations. Other good references include numerical recipes, and ~ Computational methods in Physics and Engineering", by S. Wong. Lets ook at examples of parabolic RD. Es. The diffusion equation: oe == dD tS 1 Fe = V(DVS) + a) where D is the diffusion constant and S$ is a source function, and the time-dependent Schroedinger equation: —n? 2. nF, = am VO (2) A simple method to solve these will now be shown, Example: fusion with ¢unlform diffusion constant for 0

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