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wiggles
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n. [scientific computation] In solving partial differential equations by
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finite difference and similar methods, wiggles are sawtooth
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(up-down-up-down) oscillations at the shortest wavelength representable on
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the grid. If an algorithm is unstable, this is often the most unstable
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waveform, so it grows to dominate the solution. Alternatively, stable
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(though inaccurate) wiggles can be generated near a discontinuity by a Gibbs
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phenomenon.
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