Implicit Dynamical Tensor Train Approximation for Kinetic Equations with Stiff Fokker--Planck Collisions

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Main Authors: Wang, Geshuo, Hu, Jingwei
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author Wang, Geshuo
Hu, Jingwei
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Hu, Jingwei
contents Low-rank methods for kinetic equations have attracted increasing attention due to their effectiveness in reducing the high dimensionality of phase space. In our previous work [G. Wang & J. Hu, J. Comput. Phys. 558 (2026) 114884], we developed a dynamical low-rank method based on the projector-splitting integrator in tensor-train (TT) format, in which explicit time integration is employed in all substeps. As a result, the method is subject to severe stability constraints in the strongly collisional regimes. In this paper, we consider kinetic equations with the (nonlinear) Fokker--Planck collision operator and develop a dynamical low-rank method that employs implicit or implicit-explicit (IMEX) discretizations in appropriate substeps to overcome stiffness. In these implicit substeps, the resulting equations can be formulated as matrix or tensor Sylvester equations, for which we propose efficient direct solvers by exploiting their underlying structure. The overall computational cost of the proposed method scales linearly with respect to the number of grid points in a single velocity dimension, comparable to that of a fully explicit low-rank scheme. We demonstrate the accuracy and efficiency of the proposed method on several representative kinetic test problems.
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spellingShingle Implicit Dynamical Tensor Train Approximation for Kinetic Equations with Stiff Fokker--Planck Collisions
Wang, Geshuo
Hu, Jingwei
Numerical Analysis
Analysis of PDEs
Low-rank methods for kinetic equations have attracted increasing attention due to their effectiveness in reducing the high dimensionality of phase space. In our previous work [G. Wang & J. Hu, J. Comput. Phys. 558 (2026) 114884], we developed a dynamical low-rank method based on the projector-splitting integrator in tensor-train (TT) format, in which explicit time integration is employed in all substeps. As a result, the method is subject to severe stability constraints in the strongly collisional regimes. In this paper, we consider kinetic equations with the (nonlinear) Fokker--Planck collision operator and develop a dynamical low-rank method that employs implicit or implicit-explicit (IMEX) discretizations in appropriate substeps to overcome stiffness. In these implicit substeps, the resulting equations can be formulated as matrix or tensor Sylvester equations, for which we propose efficient direct solvers by exploiting their underlying structure. The overall computational cost of the proposed method scales linearly with respect to the number of grid points in a single velocity dimension, comparable to that of a fully explicit low-rank scheme. We demonstrate the accuracy and efficiency of the proposed method on several representative kinetic test problems.
title Implicit Dynamical Tensor Train Approximation for Kinetic Equations with Stiff Fokker--Planck Collisions
topic Numerical Analysis
Analysis of PDEs
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2605.15382