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Abstract
So far, the standard implementation of finite difference schemes for forward-backward partial differential equations has included in employing an iterative method. This paper proposes an iterative algorithm for Fokker-Planck type kinetic equation, which can be compared with the direct algorithm. An effective way of choosing the seed for the iterative method naturally arises.
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