Error Estimate of a New Conservative Finite Difference Scheme for the Klein-Gordon-Dirac System

Error Estimate of a New Conservative Finite Difference Scheme for the Klein-Gordon-Dirac System

Year:    2023

Author:    Boling Guo, Tingchun Wang, Shasha Bian, Yue Cheng, Boling Guo, Tingchun Wang

Numerical Mathematics: Theory, Methods and Applications, Vol. 16 (2023), Iss. 1 : pp. 140–164

Abstract

In this paper, we derive and analyze a conservative Crank-Nicolson-type finite difference scheme for the Klein-Gordon-Dirac (KGD) system. Differing from the derivation of the existing numerical methods given in literature where the numerical schemes are proposed by directly discretizing the KGD system, we translate the KGD equations into an equivalent system by introducing an auxiliary function, then derive a nonlinear Crank-Nicolson-type finite difference scheme for solving the equivalent system. The scheme perfectly inherits the mass and energy conservative properties possessed by the KGD, while the energy preserved by the existing conservative numerical schemes expressed by two-level's solution at each time step. By using energy method together with the 'cut-off' function technique, we establish the optimal error estimate of the numerical solution, and the convergence rate is $\mathcal{O}(τ^2 + h^2)$ in $l^∞$-norm with time step $τ$ and mesh size $h.$ Numerical experiments are carried out to support our theoretical conclusions.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/nmtma.OA-2022-0049

Numerical Mathematics: Theory, Methods and Applications, Vol. 16 (2023), Iss. 1 : pp. 140–164

Published online:    2023-01

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Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    25

Keywords:    Klein-Gordon-Dirac equation nonlinear finite difference scheme conservation error analysis.

Author Details

Boling Guo

Tingchun Wang

Shasha Bian

Yue Cheng

Boling Guo

Tingchun Wang

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