Finite difference method for boundary value problem for nonlinear elliptic equation with nonlocal conditions

Abstract

In the paper the convergence of a finite difference scheme for two-dimensional nonlinear elliptic equation in the rectangular domain with the integral boundary condition is considered. The majorant is constructed for the error of the solution of the system of difference equations, and the estimation of this error is obtained. With this aim, the idea of application of the M-matrices for the theoretical investigation of the system of difference equations was developed. Main results for the convergence of the difference schemes are obtained considering the structure of the spectrum and properties of the M-matrices for a wider class of boundary value problems for nonlinear equations with nonlocal conditions. The main advantage of the suggested method is that the error of approximate solution is estimated in the maximum norm.