A small time solutions for the Korteweg-de Vries equation using spline approximation

Irk D., Dag İ., Saka B.

APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTATION, vol.173, no.2, pp.834-846, 2006 (SCI-Expanded) identifier identifier

  • Publication Type: Article / Article
  • Volume: 173 Issue: 2
  • Publication Date: 2006
  • Doi Number: 10.1016/j.amc.2005.04.018
  • Journal Name: APPLIED MATHEMATICS AND COMPUTATION
  • Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
  • Page Numbers: pp.834-846
  • Eskisehir Osmangazi University Affiliated: Yes

Abstract

In this paper the one-dimensional nonlinear Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) equation is numerically solved using second order spline approximation. The test problems concerning the propagation of a solution and two solution interaction are used to validate the proposal scheme and it is found to be both accurate and efficient at small times. Also, it is shown that the second order spline approximation may be used effectively at small times when the exact solution of the KdV equation is not known. (c) 2005 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.