A novel energy-conservation Crank-Nicolson finite element method for generalized Klein-Gordon-Zakharov equations

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Main Authors: Xu, Xuemiao, Jiang, Maosheng, Zhang, Jiansong, Zhu, Jiang
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author Xu, Xuemiao
Jiang, Maosheng
Zhang, Jiansong
Zhu, Jiang
author_facet Xu, Xuemiao
Jiang, Maosheng
Zhang, Jiansong
Zhu, Jiang
contents This article focuses on an energy-conservation Galerkin finite element method (FEM) for the generalized Klein-Gordon-Zakharov (KGZ) equations. This method combines the bilinear finite element method for spatial discretization with the Crank-Nicolson (CN) scheme for temporal discretization, thereby guaranteeing exact conservation of the discrete energy functional. A rigorous theoretical analysis is devoted to deriving error bounds for the fast-time-scale electronic field $u$ and the ion density deviation $φ$. By systematically integrating interpolation estimates, Ritz projection, and a postprocessing technique, the superclose error estimates and global superconvergence are established for $u$ in the $H^1$-norm, even under weakened regularity assumptions on the exact solution. Concurrently, we prove $H^1$-norm superconvergence for the auxiliary variable $ϕ$ ($-Δϕ= φ_t$) and optimal-order $L^2$-norm error estimates for the auxiliary variable $p$ ($p=u_t$) and $φ$. Numerical examples are provided to confirm theoretical results.
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spellingShingle A novel energy-conservation Crank-Nicolson finite element method for generalized Klein-Gordon-Zakharov equations
Xu, Xuemiao
Jiang, Maosheng
Zhang, Jiansong
Zhu, Jiang
Numerical Analysis
This article focuses on an energy-conservation Galerkin finite element method (FEM) for the generalized Klein-Gordon-Zakharov (KGZ) equations. This method combines the bilinear finite element method for spatial discretization with the Crank-Nicolson (CN) scheme for temporal discretization, thereby guaranteeing exact conservation of the discrete energy functional. A rigorous theoretical analysis is devoted to deriving error bounds for the fast-time-scale electronic field $u$ and the ion density deviation $φ$. By systematically integrating interpolation estimates, Ritz projection, and a postprocessing technique, the superclose error estimates and global superconvergence are established for $u$ in the $H^1$-norm, even under weakened regularity assumptions on the exact solution. Concurrently, we prove $H^1$-norm superconvergence for the auxiliary variable $ϕ$ ($-Δϕ= φ_t$) and optimal-order $L^2$-norm error estimates for the auxiliary variable $p$ ($p=u_t$) and $φ$. Numerical examples are provided to confirm theoretical results.
title A novel energy-conservation Crank-Nicolson finite element method for generalized Klein-Gordon-Zakharov equations
topic Numerical Analysis
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.11686