L^INFINITY ERROR ESTIMATES FOR FINITE DIFFERENCE SCHEMES FOR GENERALIZED CAHN-HILLIARD AND KURAMOTO-SIVASHINSKY EQUATIONS

Finite difference schemes are considered for a generalization of the Cahn-Hilliard equation with Neumann boundary conditions and the Kuramoto-Sivashinsky equation with a periodic boundary condition, which is of the type $ut+\frac{{\partial}^2} {{\partial}x^2}\;g\;(u,\;u_x,\;u_{xx})=f(u,\;u_x,\;u_{xx})$. Stability and $L^{\infty}$ error estimates of approximate solutions for the corresponding schemes are obtained using the extended Lax-Richtmyer equivalence theorem.