The Scharfetter–Gummel scheme for aggregation–diffusion equations

DOI10.1093/IMANUM/DRAB039MaRDI QIDQ5093111zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors André Schlichting, Christian Seis

Publication date 26 July 2022

Published in IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/2004.13981

zbMATH Keywords

aggregation-diffusion equationconvergencefinite volume schemefree-energy dissipation relationlarge time limitstructure preserving

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Finite difference methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M06) Finite volume methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M08) 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) Finite volume methods for boundary value problems involving PDEs (65N08)

Abstract: In this paper, we propose a finite-volume scheme for aggregation-diffusion equations based on a Scharfetter--Gummel approximation of the quadratic, nonlocal flux term. This scheme is analyzed concerning well-posedness and convergence towards solutions to the continuous problem. Also, it is proven that the numerical scheme has several structure-preserving features. More specifically, it is shown that the discrete solutions satisfy a free-energy dissipation relation analogous to the continuous model. Consequently, the numerical solutions converge in the large time limit to stationary solutions, for which we provide a thermodynamic characterization. Numerical experiments complement the study.

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