Re: The relaxation method

[John Mallinckrodt <ajmallinckro@CSUPOMONA.EDU>]

On Fri, 1 Mar 2002, Ludwik Kowalski wrote:

> You forced every cell along the top margin to have the same
> potential as the cell below it.

Right.

> You forced every cell along the bottom margin to have the same
> potential as the cell above it.

No.  I forced the potential at the bottom margin (the
perpendicular bisector of the two poles) to BE zero.

> You forced every cell along the left margin to have the same
> potential as the cell on its right.
> You forced every cell along the right margin to have the same
> potential as the cell on its left.
> And you probably ignored corners.

Right.

John Mallinckrodt      mailto:ajm@csupomona.edu
Cal Poly Pomona          http://www.csupomona.edu/~ajm