A second-order positivity preserving scheme for semilinear parabolic problems

A second-order positivity preserving scheme for semilinear parabolic problems

In this paper we study the convergence behaviour and geometric properties of Strang splitting applied to semilinear evolution equations. We work in an abstract Banach space setting that allows us to analyse a certain class of parabolic equations and their spatial discretizations. For this class of problems, Strang splitting is shown to be stable and second-order convergent. Moreover, it is show...

A Positivity-Preserving Numerical Scheme for a Nonlinear Fourth Order Parabolic System

A numerical scheme for solving nonlinear backward parabolic problems

‎In this paper a nonlinear backward parabolic problem in one‎ ‎dimensional space is considered‎. ‎Using a suitable iterative‎ ‎algorithm‎, ‎the problem is converted to a linear backward parabolic‎ ‎problem‎. ‎For the corresponding problem‎, ‎the backward finite‎ ‎differences method with suitable grid size is applied‎. ‎It is shown‎ ‎that if the coefficients satisfy some special conditions‎, ‎th...

A Second-order Well-balanced Positivity Preserving Central-upwind Scheme for the Saint-venant System

A family of Godunov-type central-upwind schemes for the Saint-Venant system of shallow water equations has been first introduced in [A. Kurganov and D. Levy, M2AN Math. Model. Numer. Anal., 36, 397-425, 2002]. Depending on the reconstruction step, the second-order versions of the schemes there could be made either well-balanced or positivity preserving, but fail to satisfy both properties simul...

A second-order positivity preserving central-upwind scheme for chemotaxis and haptotaxis models

The paper is concerned with development of a new finite-volume method for a class of chemotaxis models and for a closely related haptotaxis model. In its simplest form, the chemotaxis model is described by a system of nonlinear PDEs: a convection-diffusion equation for the cell density coupled with a reaction-diffusion equation for the chemoattractant concentration. The first step in the deriva...