Entropy-stable and entropy-dissipative approximations of a fourth-order quantum diffusion equation

DOI10.1007/S00211-013-0588-7zbMATH Open1354.65163arXiv1208.5474OpenAlexW2001464884MaRDI QIDQ2249600FDOQ2249600

Ansgar Jüngel, Etienne Emmrich, Mario Bukal

Publication date: 2 July 2014

Published in: Numerische Mathematik (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Structure-preserving numerical schemes for a nonlinear parabolic fourth-order equation, modeling the electron transport in quantum semiconductors, with periodic boundary conditions are analyzed. First, a two-step backward differentiation formula (BDF) semi-discretization in time is investigated. The scheme preserves the nonnegativity of the solution, is entropy stable and dissipates a modified entropy functional. The existence of a weak semi-discrete solution and, in a particular case, its temporal second-order convergence to the continuous solution is proved. The proofs employ an algebraic relation which implies the G-stability of the two-step BDF. Second, an implicit Euler and q-step BDF discrete variational derivative method are considered. This scheme, which exploits the variational structure of the equation, dissipates the discrete Fisher information (or energy). Numerical experiments show that the discrete (relative) entropies and Fisher information decay even exponentially fast to zero.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1208.5474

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

PDEs in connection with quantum mechanics (35Q40) Finite difference methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M06) Stability and convergence of numerical methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M12) Error bounds for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M15) Method of lines for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M20) Statistical mechanics of semiconductors (82D37)

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