TITLE: On the Use of Open Boumdary Conditions in
Block Gauss-Seidel Methods for the Convection-Diffusion
Equation

Author: F. Nataf
e-mail: nataf@cmapx.polytechnique.fr

Preprint n 283


In the context of convection-diffusion equation, we
consider the use of open boundary conditions (also called
radiation boundary conditons, absorbing B.C.) in Block Gauss-Seidel
algorithms. Theoretical results and numerical tests show
that the convergence is thus accelerated. 



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