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We consider the spatial approximation of the Cauchy problem for a linear uniformly parabolic PDE of second order, with nondivergent operator and unbounded time- and space-dependent coefficients, where equation's free term and initial data are also allowed to grow. We concentrate on the special case where the PDE has one dimension in space. As in [#!goncalves13!#], we consider a suitable variational framework and approximate the PDE problem's generalised solution in the spatial variable, with the use of finite-difference methods, but we obtain, for this case, consistency and convergence results sharper than the corresponding results obtained in [#!goncalves13!#] for the more general multidimensional case.

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Journal: International Journal of Applied Mathematics
Journal ISSN (Print): ISSN 1311-1728
Journal ISSN (Electronic): ISSN 1314-8060
Volume: 33
Issue: 1
Year: 2020

DOI: 10.12732/ijam.v33i1.11

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