A Structure-Preserving Scheme for Computing the Gradient of the Eikonal Equation

DOI10.48550/ARXIV.2610.28692MaRDI QIDQ7400441arXivFDO

Authors Shingyu Leung, Ka Lun Leung

Publication date 20 October 2026

Tldr We propose a first-order structure-preserving scheme for computing the normalized traveltime gradient of the eikonal equation in smooth first-arrival regions by combining spherical linear interpolation and spherical forward Euler pseudo-time integration. Our method preserves tangent equilibria on the unit sphere, improves orientation accuracy near these equilibria, and offers more accurate directions than traditional scalar methods with comparable computational cost.

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.48550/ARXIV.2610.28692

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Hamilton-Jacobi equations (35F21) Finite difference methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M06) Stability and convergence of numerical methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M12)

arXiv classification

math.NA

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