Lattice Boltzmann schemes rely on the enlargement of the size of the target problem in order to solve PDEs in a highly parallelizable and efficient kinetic-like fashion, split into a collision and a stream phase. This structure, despite the well-known advantages from a computational standpoint, is not suitable to construct a rigorous notion of consistency with respect to the target equations and to provide a precise notion of stability. In order to alleviate these shortages and introduce a rigorous framework, we demonstrate that any lattice Boltzmann scheme can be rewritten as a corresponding multi-step Finite Difference scheme on the conserved variables. This is achieved by devising a suitable formalism based on operators, commutative algebra and polynomials. Therefore, the notion of consistency of the corresponding Finite Difference scheme allows to invoke the Lax-Richtmyer theorem in the case of linear lattice Boltzmann schemes. Moreover, we show that the frequently-used von Neumann-like stability analysis for lattice Boltzmann schemes entirely corresponds to the von Neumann stability analysis of their Finite Difference counterpart. More generally, the usual tools for the analysis of Finite Difference schemes are now readily available to study lattice Boltzmann schemes. Their relevance is verified by means of numerical illustrations.
A higher order pressure-stabilized virtual element formulation for the Stokes-Poisson-Boltzmann equations
Indian Institute of Technology Madras（印度马德拉斯理工学院）；Indian Institute of Space Science and Technology（印度空间科学与技术学院）；Istituto di Matematica Applicata e Tecnologie Informatiche Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche（意大利国家研究委员会应用数学与信息技术研究所）
A general fourth-order mesoscopic multiple-relaxation-time lattice Boltzmann model and equivalent macroscopic finite-difference scheme for two-dimensional diffusion equations
Lattice Boltzmann model approximated with finite difference expressions
Conservatoire National des Arts et Métiers（国立巴黎高等工艺学院）；University Paris-Sud（巴黎第十一大学）；Beijing Computational Science Research Center（北京计算科学研究中心）；Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon（里昂国立应用科学学院）；University of Tunis El Manar（突尼斯埃尔马纳大学）
