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Foil 5 Jacobi Iteration
Jacobi Iteration: The Algorithm
From
DoD HPF Training -- 5. Parallel Programming in HPF DoD Training and Others --
1995-98
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by
Chuck Koelbel -- Rice University
The Problem
Given a partial differential equation & boundary conditions
Find the solution
The Approach
Divide (continuous) space into a (discrete) grid
Guess a solution on the grid
Update the solution at every grid point
Repeat update until solution doesn't change
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