$\mathrm{L}^{2}$--convergence of the time-splitting scheme for nonlinear Dirac equation in 1+1 dimensions

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Main Authors: Li, Ningning, Zhang, Yongqian, Zhao, Qin
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author Li, Ningning
Zhang, Yongqian
Zhao, Qin
author_facet Li, Ningning
Zhang, Yongqian
Zhao, Qin
contents We study the time-splitting scheme for approximating solutions to the Cauchy problem of the nonlinear Dirac equation in 1+1 dimensions. Under the assumption that the initial data for the scheme are convergent in $\mathrm{L}^{2}(\mathbb{R})$, we prove that the approximate solutions constructed by the corresponding time-splitting scheme are strongly convergent in $\mathrm{C}([0,\infty);\mathrm{L}^{2}(\mathbb{R}))$ to the global strong solution of the nonlinear Dirac equation. To achieve this, we first establish the pointwise estimates for time-splitting solutions. Based on these estimates, a modified Glimm-type functional is carefully designed to show that it is uniformly bounded in time, which yields $\mathrm{L}^2$ stability estimates for the scheme. Furthermore, we prove that the set of time-splitting solutions is precompact in $\mathrm{C}([0,T];\mathrm{L}^{2}(\mathbb{R}))$ for any $T>0$. Finally, we show that the limit of any subsequence of the time-splitting solutions is the unique strong solution to the Cauchy problem of the nonlinear Dirac equation.
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spellingShingle $\mathrm{L}^{2}$--convergence of the time-splitting scheme for nonlinear Dirac equation in 1+1 dimensions
Li, Ningning
Zhang, Yongqian
Zhao, Qin
Analysis of PDEs
Numerical Analysis
35Q41 65M12 81Q05
We study the time-splitting scheme for approximating solutions to the Cauchy problem of the nonlinear Dirac equation in 1+1 dimensions. Under the assumption that the initial data for the scheme are convergent in $\mathrm{L}^{2}(\mathbb{R})$, we prove that the approximate solutions constructed by the corresponding time-splitting scheme are strongly convergent in $\mathrm{C}([0,\infty);\mathrm{L}^{2}(\mathbb{R}))$ to the global strong solution of the nonlinear Dirac equation. To achieve this, we first establish the pointwise estimates for time-splitting solutions. Based on these estimates, a modified Glimm-type functional is carefully designed to show that it is uniformly bounded in time, which yields $\mathrm{L}^2$ stability estimates for the scheme. Furthermore, we prove that the set of time-splitting solutions is precompact in $\mathrm{C}([0,T];\mathrm{L}^{2}(\mathbb{R}))$ for any $T>0$. Finally, we show that the limit of any subsequence of the time-splitting solutions is the unique strong solution to the Cauchy problem of the nonlinear Dirac equation.
title $\mathrm{L}^{2}$--convergence of the time-splitting scheme for nonlinear Dirac equation in 1+1 dimensions
topic Analysis of PDEs
Numerical Analysis
35Q41 65M12 81Q05
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2603.04984