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Courant–Friedrichs–Lewy condition

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It is an important stability criterion for hyperbolic equations.

In common case it's written as

 
C=c\frac{\Delta t}{\Delta x} \leq 1
(2)

where C is called the Courant number


Courant, R., K. O. Fredrichs, and H. Lewy (1928), "Uber die Differenzengleichungen der Mathematischen Physik", Math. Ann, vol.100, p.32, 1928.

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