Collocation discretizations of the transport equation with radial basis functions. (Q1412432)

The paper describes a gridless method for solving numerically hyperbolic partial differential equations using radial basis functions. For the spatial discretization a collocation projection onto radial basis functions based on Hermite interpolation is applied. The interpolation spaces are adaptive and depend on the time step. An implicit backward Euler scheme is used for time discretization. The numerical method is applied to an one-dimensional advection equation with periodic boundary conditions. Using harmonic analysis stability and error estimates are derived. It is shown that the method yields spectral convergence rates.