Space-time FLAVORS: finite difference, multisymplectic, and pseudospectral integrators for multiscale PDEs (Q553415)

A new class of integrators for stiff partial differential equations is presented. These integrators are generalizations of Flow Averaging integrators (FLAVORS) for stiff ordinary differential equations and stochastic differential equations introduced by the same authors in a previous paper [Multiscale Model. Simul. 8, No. 4, 1269--1324 (2010; Zbl 1215.65187)]. They are based on flow averaging and have a computational cost determined by mesoscopic steps in space and time instead of microscopic steps in space and time; the method is based on averaging the flows of the given partial differential equations (which may have hidden slow and fast processes); a preexisting numerical scheme resolving the microscopic time scale can be used as a black box and easily turned into one of the integrators in this paper by turning the large coefficients on over a microscopic timescale and off during a mesoscopic timescale.