A robust and reliable approach to nonlinear dynamical problems (Q1299701)

Gaussian Lagrange distributed approximating functionals for evaluating spatial derivatives to high accuracy are proposed for solving nonlinear dynamical problems. Three different nonlinear problems (Burgers' equation, a nonlinear Fokker-Planck equation and the Korteweg-de Vries equation) are used to demonstrate the usefulness and to test the accuracy of the method. It is found that the present approach is robust for a variety of different nonlinear dynamical problems, and, using equivalent parameters, is the most accurate available method for the problems which are examined.