Error estimates of numerical methods for the nonlinear Dirac equation in the nonrelativistic limit regime (Q341308)

The paper deals with the numerical solution of the nonlinear Dirac equation (NLDE) in the nonrelativistic limit regime, involving a small dimensionless parameter \(0 < \varepsilon \ll 1\), which is inversely proportional to the speed of light. The authors combine finite difference approximation with respect to the space and the Crank-Nicolson scheme for the time discretization. The scheme is analysed and a priori error estimates in terms of \(h\), \(\tau\) and \(\varepsilon\) are derived. Finally, the paper contains a list of numerical experiments investigating the experimental order of convergence in dependence on \(h\), \(\tau\) and \(\varepsilon\).