Error estimates of numerical methods for the nonlinear Dirac equation in the nonrelativistic limit regime (Q341308)
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Error estimates of numerical methods for the nonlinear Dirac equation in the nonrelativistic limit regime (English)
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16 November 2016
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The paper deals with the numerical solution of the nonlinear Dirac equation (NLDE) in the nonrelativistic limit regime, involving a small dimensionless parameter \(0 < \varepsilon \ll 1\), which is inversely proportional to the speed of light. The authors combine finite difference approximation with respect to the space and the Crank-Nicolson scheme for the time discretization. The scheme is analysed and a priori error estimates in terms of \(h\), \(\tau\) and \(\varepsilon\) are derived. Finally, the paper contains a list of numerical experiments investigating the experimental order of convergence in dependence on \(h\), \(\tau\) and \(\varepsilon\).
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nonlinear Dirac equation
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nonrelativistic limit regime
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Crank-Nicolson finite difference method
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exponential wave integrator
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time splitting
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spectral method
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\(\varepsilon\)-scalability
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a priori error estimates
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numerical experiments
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convergence
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