Finite difference methods for three kinds of reaction-diffusion equations with free boundaries

DOI10.48550/arXiv.2609.08212MaRDI QIDQ7288244arXivFDO

Authors Weizhi Liao, Weiping Bu, Caiyun Huang

Publication date 8 September 2026

Published in arXiv

Tldr This paper develops finite difference methods for three kinds of reaction-diffusion equations with free boundaries by transforming them into fixed boundary problems using the front-fixing method, and establishes numerical theory involving positivity preservation, monotonicity preservation, and stability without imposing tight restrictions on the time step-size.

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.48550/arXiv.2609.08212

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