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In this work, we are concerned with the stability and convergence analysis of the second order BDF (BDF2) scheme with variable steps for the molecular beam epitaxial model without slope selection. We first show that the variable-step BDF2…
The variable two-step backward differentiation formula (BDF2) is revisited via a new theoretical framework using the positive semi-definiteness of BDF2 convolution kernels and a class of orthogonal convolution kernels. We prove that, if the…
In this paper we propose and analyze a (temporally) third order accurate backward differentiation formula (BDF) numerical scheme for the no-slope-selection (NSS) equation of the epitaxial thin film growth model, with Fourier pseudo-spectral…
The two-step backward differential formula (BDF2) with unequal time-steps is applied to construct an energy stable convex-splitting scheme for the Cahn-Hilliard model. We focus on the numerical influences of time-step variations by using…
We derive unconditionally stable and convergent variable-step BDF2 scheme for solving the MBE model with slope selection. The discrete orthogonal convolution kernels of the variable-step BDF2 method is commonly utilized recently for solving…
We prove that the two-step backward differentiation formula (BDF2) method is stable on arbitrary time grids; while the variable-step BDF3 scheme is stable if almost all adjacent step ratios are less than 2.553. These results relax the…
The well-known backward difference formulas (BDF) of the third, the fourth and the fifth orders are investigated for time integration of the phase field crystal model. By building up novel discrete gradient structures of the BDF-$\rmk$…
Based on the equivalence of A-stability and G-stability, the energy technique of the six-step BDF method for the heat equation has been discussed in [Akrivis, Chen, Yu, Zhou, Math. Comp., Revised]. Unfortunately, this theory is hard to…
We provide a new theoretical framework for the variable-step deferred correction (DC) methods based on the well-known BDF2 formula. By using the discrete orthogonal convolution kernels, some high-order BDF2-DC methods are proven to be…
We consider the classical molecular beam epitaxy (MBE) model with logarithmic type potential known as no-slope-selection. We employ a third order backward differentiation (BDF3) in time with implicit treatment of the surface diffusion term.…
In this work, we investigate the two-step backward differentiation formula (BDF2) with nonuniform grids for the Allen-Cahn equation. We show that the nonuniform BDF2 scheme is energy stable under the time-step ratio restriction…
An adaptive BDF2 implicit time-stepping method is analyzed for the phase field crystal model. The suggested method is proved to preserve a modified energy dissipation law at the discrete levels if the time-step ratios…
For backward differentiation formulae (BDF) applied to gradient flows of semiconvex functions, quadratic stability implies the existence of a Lyapunov functional. We compute the maximum time step which can be derived from quadratic…
In this paper, we propose and analyze an efficient implicit--explicit (IMEX) second order in time backward differentiation formulation (BDF2) scheme with variable time steps for gradient flow problems using the scalar auxiliary variable…
In this paper, we study a novel second-order energy stable Backward Differentiation Formula (BDF) finite difference scheme for the epitaxial thin film equation with slope selection (SS). One major challenge for the higher oder in time…
In this work, we analyze the three-step backward differentiation formula (BDF3) method for solving the Allen-Cahn equation on variable grids. For BDF2 method, the discrete orthogonal convolution (DOC) kernels are positive, the stability and…
The backward differentiation formula (BDF) is a useful family of implicit methods for the numerical integration of stiff differential equations. It is well noticed that the stability and convergence of the $A$-stable BDF1 and BDF2 schemes…
In this paper, we present and analyze a linear fully discrete second order scheme with variable time steps for the phase field crystal equation. More precisely, we construct a linear adaptive time stepping scheme based on the second order…
Structure-preserving numerical schemes for a nonlinear parabolic fourth-order equation, modeling the electron transport in quantum semiconductors, with periodic boundary conditions are analyzed. First, a two-step backward differentiation…
The recently developed technique of DOC kernels has been a great success in the stability and convergence analysis for BDF2 scheme with variable time steps. However, such an analysis technique seems not directly applicable to problems with…