In the unit square the Poisson equation ∇2u=f, with zero Dirichlet boundary conditions, is being solved by the five-point formula using a square grid of mesh size h=1/(M+1),
ui,j−1+ui,j+1+ui−1,j+ui+1,j−4ui,j=h2fi,j.
Let u(x,y) be the exact solution, and let ei,j=ui,j−u(ih,jh) be the error of the five-point formula at the (i,j) th grid point. Justifying each step, prove that
[i,j=1∑M∣ei,j∣2]1/2⩽ch,h→0
where c is some constant.