Application of generalized wavelets: An adaptive multiresolution scheme (Q1903666)

The authors discuss a multiresolution algorithm in a semi-discrete setting. Usually these schemes employ adaptive data-dependent reconstruction techniques which use the essentially nonoscillatory interpolation only near discontinuities and a simple central stencil everywhere else. In addition, by recursive diadic coarsening of the original fine grid, in smooth regions, the fluxes can be interpolated from the coarser mesh, instead of being computed directly. Semi-discrete versions of \textit{A. Harten's} multiresolution schemes [Appl. Numer. Math. 12, No. 1-3, 153-192 (1993; Zbl 0777.65004)] are first presented and their performance in the nonlinear cases is compared to their fully discrete counterparts. Also, they are tested in the linear case as well. Further, numerical results are given using the new adaptive scheme.