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High order, semi-implicit, energy stable schemes for gradient flows

Numerical Analysis 2021-10-04 v1 Numerical Analysis

Abstract

We introduce a class of high order accurate, semi-implicit Runge-Kutta schemes in the general setting of evolution equations that arise as gradient flow for a cost function, possibly with respect to an inner product that depends on the solution, and we establish their energy stability. This class includes as a special case high order, unconditionally stable schemes obtained via convexity splitting. The new schemes are demonstrated on a variety of gradient flows, including partial differential equations that are gradient flow with respect to the Wasserstein (mass transport) distance.

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@article{arxiv.2007.13572,
  title  = {High order, semi-implicit, energy stable schemes for gradient flows},
  author = {Alexander Zaitzeff and Selim Esedoglu and Krishna Garikipati},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2007.13572},
  year   = {2021}
}

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arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1908.10246

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