Abstract
We present an algorithm for constructing numerical solutions to one-dimensional nonlinear, variable coefficient boundary value problems. This scheme is based upon applying the Homotopy Analysis Method (HAM) to decompose a nonlinear differential equation into a series of linear differential equations that can be solved using a sparse, spectrally accurate Gegenbauer discretisation. Uniquely for nonlinear methods, our scheme involves constructing a single, sparse matrix operator that is repeatedly solved in order to solve the full nonlinear problem. As such, the resulting scheme scales quasi-linearly with respect to the grid resolution. We demonstrate the accuracy, and computational scaling of this method by examining a fourth-order nonlinear variable coefficient boundary value problem by comparing the scheme to Newton-Iteration and the Spectral Homotopy Analysis Method, which is the most commonly used implementation of the HAM.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 106-118 |
Number of pages | 13 |
Journal | Journal of Computational Physics |
Volume | 385 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 15 May 2019 |
Keywords
- Analysis
- Computational
- Homotopy
- Method
- Nonlinear
- Numerical