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Error estimates of a regularized finite difference method for the Logarithmic Schr\"{o}dinger equation with Dirac delta potential

Numerical Analysis 2024-04-25 v1 Numerical Analysis

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce a conservative Crank-Nicolson-type finite difference schemes for the regularized logarithmic Schr\"{o}dinger equation (RLSE) with Dirac delta potential in 1D. The regularized logarithmic Schr\"{o}dinger equation with a small regularized parameter 0<\eps10<\eps \ll 1 is adopted to approximate the logarithmic Schr\"{o}dinger equation (LSE) with linear convergence rate O(\eps)O(\eps). The numerical method can be used to avoid numerical blow-up and/or to suppress round-off error due to the logarithmic nonlinearity in LSE. Then, by using domain-decomposition technique, we can transform the original problem into an interface problem. Different treatments on the interface conditions lead to different discrete schemes and it turns out that a simple discrete approximation of the Dirac potential coincides with one of the conservative finite difference schemes. The optimal H1H^1 error estimates and the conservative properties of the finite difference schemes are investigated. The Crank-Nicolson finite difference methods enjoy the second-order convergence rate in time and space. Numerical examples are provided to support our analysis and show the accuracy and efficiency of the numerical method.

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@article{arxiv.2404.15791,
  title  = {Error estimates of a regularized finite difference method for the Logarithmic Schr\"{o}dinger equation with Dirac delta potential},
  author = {Xuanxuan Zhou and Tingchun Wang and Yong Wu and Yongyong Cai},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2404.15791},
  year   = {2024}
}

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20 pages, 3 figures

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