Finite difference methods for an AKNS eigenproblem

DOI10.1016/S0378-4754(96)00057-2MaRDI QIDQ676567zbMATH OpenWikidataFDO

Authors Juan-Miguel Gracia

Publication date 17 September 1997

Published in Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://doi.org/10.1016/S0378-4754(96)00057-2

zbMATH Keywords

eigenfunctionseigenvalue problemfinite difference schemesinverse scattering methodnonlinear soliton equations

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Inverse problems involving ordinary differential equations (34A55) Eigenvalues, estimation of eigenvalues, upper and lower bounds of ordinary differential operators (34L15) Scattering theory, inverse scattering involving ordinary differential operators (34L25) Numerical solution of eigenvalue problems involving ordinary differential equations (65L15) Inverse scattering problems in quantum theory (81U40)

Review text

The authors consider the numerical solution of the eigenvalue problem (EVP) \[ v'(x)+ i\zeta v(x) =q(x)w(x), \quad w'(x)-i \zeta w(x)= -\overline q(x)v(x). \] Here \(q(x)\) is a given potential of period \(2\pi\), \(v(x)\) and \(w(x)\) are the eigenfunctions, and \(\zeta\) is the eigenvalue, all of which may be complex. The boundary conditions are \(v(x+2\pi) =v(x)\), \(w(x+2 \pi) =w(x)\) (periodic solutions), and \(v(x+2 \pi)= -v(x)\), \(w(x+2 \pi)= -w(x)\) (antiperiodic solutions). This EVP is a special case of the AKNS problem introduced by \textit{M. J. Ablowitz}, \textit{D. J. Kaup}, \textit{A. C. Newell} and \textit{H. Segur} [Studies Appl. Math. 53, 249-315 (1974; Zbl 0408.35068)] in the context of the inverse scattering method, a procedure for generating explicit solutions to some nonlinear soliton equations. The present authors are interested in numerical procedures that yield approximations to a large part of the spectrum. They apply finite difference schemes to the test problem with the single Fourier mode potential \(q(x)= A \exp (i\mu x)\), \(\mu=0\), \(\pm 1\), \(\pm 2, \dots\). In this case the exact eigensolutions are explicitly known. They compare three finite difference schemes with respect to accuracy and effectiveness, and they present an improved version of the Ablowitz-Ladik scheme.

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