A class of explicit multistep exponential integrators for semilinear problems (Q818583)

The authors derive and analyze a family of explicit multistep exponential methods for the time integration of abstract semilinear problems \[ u'(t)=Au(t)+f(t,u(t)),\quad u(0)=u_0,\quad 0\leq t\leq T. \] The authors assume that \(A:D(A)\subset X \to X\) is an infinitesimal generator of a \(C_0\)-semigroup \(e^{tA},\;t\geq 0\), of linear and bounded operators in a complex Banach space \(X\), with growth governed by \(\| e^{tA}\|\leq Me^{\omega t},\;t\geq 0\) for some \(M>0,\omega \in \mathbb R\). It is shown that the \(k\)-step method achieves order \(k\), for appropriate starting values, which can be computed by auxiliary routines or by one strategy proposed in the paper. Together with some implementation issues, numerical illustrations are also provided.