A convergent finite-difference method for a nonlinear variational wave equation

DOI10.1093/IMANUM/DRN026MaRDI QIDQ5323974zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Helge Holden, Kenneth H. Karlsen, N. H. Risebro

Publication date 3 August 2009

Published in IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/0708.3736

zbMATH Keywords

convergencefinite-difference schemesliquid crystalsnonlinear variational wave equationnumerical examplessemidiscretizationupwind scheme

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Second-order nonlinear hyperbolic equations (35L70) 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) Method of lines for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M20) Statistical mechanics of random media, disordered materials (including liquid crystals and spin glasses) (82D30)

Abstract: We establish rigorously convergence of a semi-discrete upwind scheme for the nonlinear variational wave equation $u_{tt}-c(u)(c(u)u_x{)}_x=0$ with $u{|}_{t=0}=u_0$ and $u_t{|}_{t=0}=v_0$. Introducing Riemann invariants $R=u_t+c{u}_x$ and $S=u_t-c{u}_x$, the variational wave equation is equivalent to $R_t-c{R}_x=ildec(R^2-S^2)$ and $S_t+c{S}_x=-ildec(R^2-S^2)$ with $ildec=c^{\prime }/(4c)$. An upwind scheme is defined for this system. We assume that the the speed $c$ is positive, increasing and both $c$ and its derivative are bounded away from zero and that $R{|}_{t=0},S{|}_{t=0}in{L}^{1}cap{L}^3$ are nonpositive. The numerical scheme is illustrated on several examples.

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