Naslov
A gradient flow scheme for nonlinear fourth order equations

Autori
Duering, Bertram ; Matthes, Daniel ; Milišić, Josipa Pina

Izvornik
Discrete and continuous dynamical systems-series b (1531-3492) 14 (2010), 3; 935-959

Vrsta, podvrsta i kategorija rada
Radovi u časopisima, članak, znanstveni

Ključne riječi
wasserstein gradient flow; higher-order diffusion equation; numerical solution

Sažetak
We propose a method for numerical integration of Wasserstein gradient flows based on the classical minimizing movement scheme. In each time step, the discrete approximation is obtained as the solution of a constrained quadratic minimization problem on a finite-dimensional function space. Our method is applied to the nonlinear fourth-order Derrida-Lebowitz-Speer-Spohn equation, which arises in quantum semiconductor theory. We prove well-posedness of the scheme and derive a priori estimates on the discrete solution. Furthermore, we present numerical results which indicate second-order convergence and unconditional stability of our scheme. Finally, we compare these results to those obtained from different semi- and fully implicit finite difference discretizations.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Matematika

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