Spectral difference methods for solving equations of the KdV hierarchy

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dc.contributor.advisorMaritz, M. F.
dc.contributor.authorPindza, Edson
dc.contributor.otherStellenbosch University. Faculty of Science. Dept. of Mathematical Sciences. Applied Mathematics.
dc.date.accessioned2009-03-04T11:51:01Zen_ZA
dc.date.accessioned2010-06-01T08:42:01Z
dc.date.available2009-03-04T11:51:01Zen_ZA
dc.date.available2010-06-01T08:42:01Z
dc.date.issued2008-03
dc.descriptionThesis (MSc (Applied Mathematics))--Stellenbosch University, 2008.
dc.description.abstractThe Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) hierarchy is an important class of nonlinear evolution equa- tions with various applications in the physical sciences and in engineering. In this thesis analytical solution methods were used to ¯nd exact solutions of the third and ¯fth order KdV equations, and numerical methods were used to compute numerical solutions of these equations. Analytical methods used include the Fan sub-equation method for constructing exact trav- eling wave solutions, and the simpli¯ed Hirota method for constructing exact N-soliton solutions. Some well known cases were considered. The Fourier spectral method and the ¯nite di®erence method with Runge-Kutta time dis- cretisation were employed to solve the third and the ¯fth order KdV equations with periodic boundary conditions. The one soliton and the two soliton solutions were used as initial conditions. The numerical solutions are obtained and compared with the exact solutions. The propagation of a single soliton as well as the interaction of double soliton solutions is modeled well by both numerical methods, although the Fourier spectral method performs better. The stability, consistency and convergence of these numerical methods were investigated. Error propagation is studied. The theoretically predicted quadratic convergence of the ¯nite di®erence method as well as the exponential convergence of the Fourier spectral method is con¯rmed in numerical experiments.en
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/2168
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherStellenbosch : Stellenbosch University
dc.rights.holderStellenbosch University
dc.subjectSpectral differentiationen
dc.subjectDissertations -- Applied mathematicsen
dc.subjectTheses -- Applied mathematicsen
dc.subject.lcshKorteweg-de Vries equationen
dc.subject.lcshDifferential equations, Partialen
dc.titleSpectral difference methods for solving equations of the KdV hierarchyen
dc.typeThesis
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