TY - JOUR T1 - The Alternating-direction Implicit Characteristic Finite Element Methods for the Three-dimensional Generalized Nerve Conduction Equation AU - Zhiyue Zhang JO - Journal of Partial Differential Equations VL - 3 SP - 207 EP - 219 PY - 2001 DA - 2001/08 SN - 14 DO - http://doi.org/ UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/jpde/5480.html KW - Nerve conduction equation KW - the alternating-direction implicit KW - characteristic finite element KW - optimal order estimate in L² AB - A complete convergence nnalysis is given for two-level scheme of the alternating-direction implicit characteristic finite element method for the approximate solution of the three-dimensional generalized nerve conduction equation. By use of the calculation of vector product, H^{-1} norm estimates, and a priori estimate theory and technique, the optimal order estimate in L² is obtained.