Algorithm for numerical solutions to the kinetic equation of a spatial population dynamics model with coalescence and repulsive jumps

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Abstract: An algorithm is proposed for finding numerical solutions of a kinetic equation that describes an infinite system of point articles placed in mathbbRd(dgeq1). The particles perform random jumps with pair wise repulsion, in the course of which they can also merge. The kinetic equation is an essentially nonlinear and nonlocal integro-differential equation, which can hardly be solved analytically. The derivation of the algorithm is based on the use of space-time discretization, boundary conditions, composite Simpson and trapezoidal rules, Runge-Kutta methods, adjustable system-size schemes, etc. The algorithm is then applied to the one-dimensional version of the equation with various initial conditions. It is shown that for special choices of the model parameters, the solutions may have unexpectable time behaviour. A numerical error analysis of the obtained results is also carried out.


The purpose of this paper is development of an efficient algorithm to solve the repulsion-jump coalescence kinetic equation in a high-dimensional space. Different techniques including time-space discretization (composite Simpson and trapezoidal rules, Runge-Kutta methods, and adjustable system-size schemes), periodic, Dirichlet, and asymptotic boundary conditions are combined for studying infinite systems on the basis of their finite samples. The algorithm is applied to population dynamics simulations of one-dimensional systems with various initial spatially inhomogeneous densities and forms of the jump, coalescence, and repulsion kernels. A comprehensive discussion of the obtained numerical results is provided for some specific choices of the model parameters and initial densities.











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