The initial value problem for weakly nonlinear PDE

DOI10.1007/S11784-015-0222-7MaRDI QIDQ2348789zbMATH OpenOpenAlexFDO

Authors Richard S. Palais

Publication date 15 June 2015

Published in Journal of Fixed Point Theory and Applications (Search for Journal in Brave)

Full work available at URL https://arxiv.org/abs/1409.3214

zbMATH Keywords

pseudospectral stepping algorithmSine-Gordon equationsoliton interactions

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Theoretical approximation in context of PDEs (35A35) Initial value problems for nonlinear higher-order PDEs (35G25) KdV equations (Korteweg-de Vries equations) (35Q53) NLS equations (nonlinear Schrödinger equations) (35Q55) Spectral, collocation and related methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs (65M70)

Abstract: We will discuss an extension of the pseudospectral method developed by Wineberg, McGrath, Gabl, and Scott for the numerical integration of the KdV initial value problem. Our generalization of their algorithm can be used to solve initial value problems for a wide class of evolution equations that are "weakly nonlinear" in a sense that we will make precise. This class includes in particular the other classical soliton equations (SGE and NLS). As well as being very simple to implement, this method exhibits remarkable speed and stability, making it ideal for use with visualization tools where it makes it possible to experiment in real-time with soliton interactions and to see how a general solution decomposes into solitons. We will analyze the structure of the algorithm, discuss some of the reasons behind its robust numerical behavior, and finally describe a fixed point theorem we have found that proves that the pseudospectral stepping algorithm converges.

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