Abstract: In this paper, a modified additive Schwarz finite difference algorithm is applied in the heat conduction equation of the compact difference scheme. The algorithm is on the basis of domain decomposition and the subspace correction. The basic train of thought is the introduction of the units function decomposition and reasonable distribution of the overlap of correction. The residual correction is conducted on each subspace while the computation is completely parallel. The theoretical analysis shows that this method is completely characterized by parallel. 

Key words: heat equation, compact difference scheme, domain decomposition, partition of unity, subspace correction