A robust numerical approach for singularly perturbed time delayed parabolic partial differential equations (Q5920048)

The author considers a class of singularly perturbed parabolic partial differential equations of convection -iffusion type having delay in the convection term. The delayed parameter \(\tau\) is assumed to satisfy \(0\leq \tau =o(\epsilon^2)\), where \(\epsilon\) is the singular perturbation parameter. However, for \(\epsilon\to 0\), the solution of the problem typically exhibits layer behavior depending on the sign of the convection term. The investigation here is to examine the solution when the delay is non-zero and the effect of the delay on the boundary layer solution. The convergence analysis of a robust finite difference method for the problem is presented. A theoretical study is carried out to obtain the stability and error estimates for the numerical schemes constructed. These estimates show that the numerical method is stable and converges with respect to the singular perturbation parameter.