Underrelax

verb

verb ·Rare ·Advanced level

Definitions

Verb
  1. 1
    To solve using underrelaxation.

    "Because of the inherent non-linearity of the discretization equation it is sometimes necessary to slow down the change in φ from one iteration to the next, i.e. underrelaxing, to avoid divergence to the solution."

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"Because of the inherent non-linearity of the discretization equation it is sometimes necessary to slow down the change in φ from one iteration to the next, i.e. underrelaxing, to avoid divergence to the solution."

Etymology

From under- + relax.

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