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Finite difference approximate solutions for the Rosenau equation. (English) Zbl 0904.65093
Numerical solutions of a finite difference scheme are discussed for the KdV-like Rosenau equation $u_t+ u_{xxxxt} +uu_x +u_x=0, \quad (x,t)\in (0,1)\times (0,T]$ with an initial condition $u(x,0)= u_0(x), \quad x\in (0,1)$ and boundary conditions $u(0,t)= u(1,t)=0, \quad u_{xx} (0,t)= u_{xx} (1,t) =0.$ This equation was modelled by P. Rosenau [Dynamics of dense discrete systems, Prog. Theoretical Phys. 79, 1028-1042 (1988)] in order to describe the dynamics of dense discrete systems.
Existence and uniqueness of the solution for the scheme are shown by using the Brouwer fixed point theorem. An a priori bound and convergence of order $$O(h^2 +k^2)$$ as well as conservation of energy of the finite difference approximate solutions are discussed with numerical examples.
Reviewer: S.K.Chung (Seoul)

##### MSC:
 65M06 Finite difference methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs 65M12 Stability and convergence of numerical methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs 35Q53 KdV equations (Korteweg-de Vries equations)
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