5 me parameter controlling choice of method (~> follow.table) 2 ipr controls output, 1~>td solution 11 jmax, no gridpoints along x 10 maxex. no terms in exact sol 500 nmax, max no of time steps 0.01 alph thermal diffusivity alpha 1.0 s=alpha*dt/dx**2 12.0 tmax, max time 4.5 tst initial time 0.00 gam parameter gamma used in (7.26) Various schemes implemented in program DIFIM: ME Description: 1 fdm-2nd order ( 0 , 1 , 0 ) bet = 0.5 + gam 2 fem-2nd order (1/6, 2/3, 1/6 ) bet = 0.5 + gam 3 fdm-4th order ( 0 , 1 , 0 ) bet = 0.5 + gami - 1/(12s) 4 fem-4th order (1/6, 2/3, 1/6 ) bet = 0.5 + gaml + 1/(12s) 5 composite (1/12,5/6, 1/12) bet = 0.5 + gam Other Variables: bet parameter beta used in (7.26) and table 7.4 emx mass operator, M_x elx difference operator, L_xx ad, bd, cd ~> aj, bj and cj used in (7.31)