Approximate Solution of Nonlinear Klein-Gordon Equation Using Sobolev Gradients

The nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation (KGE) models many nonlinear phenomena. In this paper, we propose a scheme for numerical approximation of solutions of the one-dimensional nonlinear KGE. A common approach to find a solution of a nonlinear system is to first linearize the equations by successive su...

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Main Authors: Nauman Raza, Asma Rashid Butt, Ahmad Javid
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Wiley 2016-01-01
Series:Journal of Function Spaces
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2016/1391594
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Summary:The nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation (KGE) models many nonlinear phenomena. In this paper, we propose a scheme for numerical approximation of solutions of the one-dimensional nonlinear KGE. A common approach to find a solution of a nonlinear system is to first linearize the equations by successive substitution or the Newton iteration method and then solve a linear least squares problem. Here, we show that it can be advantageous to form a sum of squared residuals of the nonlinear problem and then find a zero of the gradient. Our scheme is based on the Sobolev gradient method for solving a nonlinear least square problem directly. The numerical results are compared with Lattice Boltzmann Method (LBM). The L2, L∞, and Root-Mean-Square (RMS) values indicate better accuracy of the proposed method with less computational effort.
ISSN:2314-8896
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