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Zusammenfassung
Deals with problems of algorithms for the numerical solution of the most frequently occurring elliptic partial differential equations. Employing the implementation-approach, this book pays attention to algorithms for both classical sequential and parallel computer systems.

Inhalt
1 Fast Methods for Solving the Poisson Equation.- 2 Fast Serial Algorithms for Solving Biharmonic Equation.- 3 Parallel Algorithms for Solving Certain Elliptic Boundary Value Problems.- 4 Implementation of Parallel Algorithms on Specialized Computers.- 5 Parallel Multigrid Algorithms.- 6 VLSI Elliptic Solvers.