<div class="gmail_quote">On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 22:19, Barry Smith <span dir="ltr"><<a href="mailto:bsmith@mcs.anl.gov">bsmith@mcs.anl.gov</a>></span> wrote:<br><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0 .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex;">
It uses U0 but never explains what it is. It also calls a the "shift" but never explains what it is. Perhaps some notes explaining this stuff would make the solver more transparent. And a reference to further material that uses this approach would be great if it exists.</blockquote>
</div><br><div>Suppose we have f(x,y). There are two ways to express the derivative we need</div><div><br></div><div>1. f_x(x,y) + a*f_y(x,y)</div><div>2. g_x where g(x) = f(x,z+a*x)</div><div><br></div><div>I used version 2 in the man page because I think 1 looks arbitrary and is less obvious how it arises from a time integrator. There is a note later in the page about the equivalence. I suppose the name "shift" is more natural for version 1. Do you think I should make version 1 primary (or remove any mention of 2)?</div>
<div><br></div><div>Do you have a better name for "shift", or just want more text (I felt like elaborating would be describing a simple equation in words)?</div>