Applications of higher order self-adjoint schemes to partial differential equations (Q2367555)

For dynamical systems of the form \(y'= f(y)\), \(y_ 0= y\) \((t=0)\) with \(y=(y_ 1,\dots,y_ m)^ T\), \(f= (f_ 1,\dots,f_ m)^ T\) the authors construct multistage higher order explicit symplectic difference schemes by using self-adjoint schemes and a composing method studied by the authors earlier [Computing 47, No. 3/4, 309-321 (1992; Zbl 0751.65046)]. They apply those self-adjoint schemes to get high order accuracy in the time direction for wave and heat equation. The authors compare numerical results obtained for several concrete problems with those by Crank-Nicolson scheme.