Conjugate gradient method for finding fundamental solitary waves

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DOI10.1016/J.PHYSD.2009.09.013zbMATH Open1180.37109arXiv0903.3266OpenAlexW2082218216MaRDI QIDQ845034FDOQ845034


Authors: T. I. Lakoba Edit this on Wikidata


Publication date: 5 February 2010

Published in: Physica D (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: The Conjugate Gradient method (CGM) is known to be the fastest generic iterative method for solving linear systems with symmetric sign definite matrices. In this paper, we modify this method so that it could find fundamental solitary waves of nonlinear Hamiltonian equations. The main obstacle that such a modified CGM overcomes is that the operator of the equation linearized about a solitary wave is not sign definite. Instead, it has a finite number of eigenvalues on the opposite side of zero than the rest of its spectrum. We present versions of the modified CGM that can find solitary waves with prescribed values of either the propagation constant or power. We also extend these methods to handle multi-component nonlinear wave equations. Convergence conditions of the proposed methods are given, and their practical implications are discussed. We demonstrate that our modified CGMs converge much faster than, say, Petviashvili's or similar methods, especially when the latter converge slowly.


Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/0903.3266




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