Finite difference methods for second order in space, first order in time hyperbolic systems and the linear shifted wave equation as a model problem in numerical relativity

DOI10.1016/J.JCP.2009.12.016zbMATH Open1185.65144arXiv0812.3752OpenAlexW1976042563MaRDI QIDQ2269858FDOQ2269858

Authors: M. Chirvasa, Sascha Husa 

Publication date: 11 March 2010

Published in: Journal of Computational Physics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Motivated by the problem of solving the Einstein equations, we discuss high order finite difference discretizations of first order in time, second order in space hyperbolic systems.Particular attention is paid to the case when first order derivatives that can be identified with advection terms are approximated with non-centered finite difference operators.We first derive general properties of these discrete operators, then we extend a known result on numerical stability for such systems to general order of accuracy.As an application we analyze the shifted wave equation, including the behavior of the numerical phase and group speeds at different orders of approximations. Special attention is paid to when the use of off-centered schemes improves the accuracy over the centered schemes.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0812.3752

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zbMATH Keywords

numerical examplesstabilitywave equationEinstein equationshyperbolic systemsnumerical relativityhigh order finite differencing

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Wave equation (35L05) 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) Einstein's equations (general structure, canonical formalism, Cauchy problems) (83C05) PDEs in connection with relativity and gravitational theory (35Q75) Computational methods for problems pertaining to relativity and gravitational theory (83-08)

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