Convergence of Galerkin approximations for the Korteweg-de Vries equation

Baker, Garth A.; Dougalis, Vassilios A.; Karakashian, Ohannes A.

doi:10.1090/S0025-5718-1983-0689464-4

Convergence of Galerkin approximations for the Korteweg-de Vries equation
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by Garth A. Baker, Vassilios A. Dougalis and Ohannes A. Karakashian PDF

Math. Comp. 40 (1983), 419-433 Request permission

Abstract:

Standard Galerkin approximations, using smooth splines on a uniform mesh, to 1-periodic solutions of the Korteweg-de Vries equation are analyzed. Optimal rate of convergence estimates are obtained for both semidiscrete and second order in time fully discrete schemes. At each time level, the resulting system of nonlinear equations can be solved by Newton’s method. It is shown that if a proper extrapolation is used as a starting value, then only one step of the Newton iteration is required.

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