Jacobi–Gauss–Lobatto collocation method for solving nonlinear reaction–diffusion equations subject to Dirichlet boundary conditions

Jacobi–Gauss–Lobatto collocation method for solving nonlinear reaction–diffusion equations subject to Dirichlet boundary conditions

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Jacobi-Gauss-Lobatto collocation method for solving nonlinear reaction-diffusion equations subject to Dirichlet boundary conditions A.H. Bhrawy, E.H. Doha, M.A. Abdelkawy, R.A. Van Gorder PII: DOI: Reference:

S0307-904X(15)00495-3 10.1016/j.apm.2015.09.009 APM 10693

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Jacobi-Gauss-Lobatto collocation method for solving nonlinear reaction-diffusion equations subject to Dirichlet boundary conditions A.H. Bhrawya,b , E.H. Dohac , M.A. Abdelkawyb , and R.A. Van Gorder

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Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia (E-mail: [email protected]) b Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Beni-Suef University, Beni-Suef, Egypt (E-mail:[email protected]) c Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Science, Cairo University, Giza, Egypt (E-mail: [email protected]) d Mathematical Institute, University of Oxford, Andrew Wiles Building, Radcliffe Observatory Quarter, Woodstock Road, Oxford OX2 6GG United Kingdom (E-mail: [email protected])

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Abstract: This paper extends the application of the spectral Jacobi-Gauss-Lobatto collocation (J-GL-C) method based on Gauss-Lobatto nodes to obtain semi-analytical solutions of nonlinear time-dependent reaction-diffusion equations (RDEs) subject to Dirichlet boundary conditions. This approach has the advantage of allowing us to obtain the solution in terms of the Jacobi parameters α and β, which therefore means that the method holds a number of collocation methods as a special case. In addition, the problem is reduced to the solution of systems of ordinary differential equations (SODEs) in the time variable, which may then be solved by any standard numerical technique. We consider five applications of the general method to concrete examples. In each of the examples considered, the numerical results show that the proposed method is of high accuracy and is efficient for solving nonlinear time-dependent RDEs. Keywords: Nonlinear reaction-diffusion equations; Collocation method; Jacobi-Gauss-Lobatto quadrature.

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RDEs have a wide range of applications in many fields of science, and have recently attracted considerable attention, partly due to the interesting features and rich variety of properties of their solutions (see Ref. [1] and the references therein). The processes of diffusion and reaction play an essential role in the dynamics of many systems, e.g., in plasma [2], or semiconductor physics [3]. Spectral methods (see, e.g., [4]-[5] and the references therein) are techniques used in applied mathematics and scientific computing to numerically solve both linear and nonlinear differential equations. The Galerkin, tau and collocation methods are three well-known types of spectral methods. We mention that the spectral collocation method is very useful in providing highly accurate solutions to nonlinear differential equations [5]-[8], also it has become increasingly popular for solving fractional differential equations [8]-[10]. Guo and Yan [7] introduced a new Legendre-Gauss collocation method for solving nonlinear second-order ordinary differential equations. Saadatmandi and Dehghan [11] developed the Sinc-collocation approach for solving multi-point boundary value problem. In this approach, the computation of solution of such problems is reduced to solving algebraic equations. Bhrawy and Alofi [6] proposed the spectral shifted Jacobi-Gauss collocation method to find an accurate solution of the Lane-Emden type equation. Moreover, Doha et al. [12]

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Development of the J-GL-C method

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developed the shifted Jacobi-Gauss collocation method for solving nonlinear high-order multi-point boundary value problems. For time-dependent partial differential equations (PDEs), spectral methods have been studied for several decades. Glenn et al. [13] investigated the spectral methods for numerically solving time-dependent class of parabolic partial differential equations subject to periodic boundary conditions. Tal-Ezer [14, 15] introduced spectral methods by using the polynomial approximation of the evolution operator in Chebyshev least-squares sense for time-dependent parabolic and hyperbolic equations respectively. Recently, Bhrawy and Al-shomrani [16] proposed a new spectral method for treating the initial-boundary value Korteweg-de Vries equation. The scheme consists of a Jacobi dual-Petrov Galerkin-Jacobi collocation method in space combined with a Crank-Nicholson-leapfrog method in time such that at each time step only a sparse banded linear algebraic system needs to be solved. Solutions given in terms of the Jacobi parameters α and β are possible to obtain, and the use of Jacobi polynomials for solving differential equations has gained increasing popularity in recent years (see, [17]-[20]). To the best of our knowledge, there are no results on the J-GL-C method for solving nonlinear RDEs. The main aim of this paper is to investigate the J-GL-C method for the solution to nonlinear time-dependent RDEs subject to Dirichlet boundary conditions. Indeed, it is very useful to carry out a systematic study on J-GL-C method with general parameters α, β. The nonlinear time-dependent RDE is collocated only for the space variable at (N − 1) points, for suitable collocation points. We use the (N − 1) nodes of the Jacobi-Gauss-Lobatto interpolation which depends upon the two general parameters α, β. These equations together with the two-point boundary conditions constitute system of (N − 1) ordinary differential equations (ODEs) in time. This system can be solved by one of the standard numerical methods. In addition, this algorithm is applied to numerically solve two-dimensional RDEs. Finally, the accuracy of the proposed method is demonstrated by test problems. The paper has two main parts. In Section 2, some properties of Jacobi polynomials are presented. With this mathematical background, we are then able to develop a way of constructing the Gauss-Lobatto collocation technique for a general form of nonlinear time-dependent RDEs, using the Jacobi polynomials. Then, in Section 3, the proposed method is applied to five specific and relevant RDEs. Concluding remarks are made in Section 4.

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We start by outlining some properties of Jacobi polynomials. Then we discuss the general class of nonlinear reaction diffusion equation we shall consider. We finally develop the collocation method for this general class of reaction diffusion equation.

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2.1

Basic properties of Jacobi polynomials (α,β)

The standard Jacobi polynomial of degree k, Pk (x) (k = 0, 1, · · · ), with the parameters α > −1, β > −1 [21, 22, 23], satisfies the following relations: (α,β)

Pk

(α,β)

(−x) = (−1)k Pk

(x) ,

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(−1)k Γ(k + β + 1) , k!Γ(β + 1) Γ(k + α + 1) (α,β) Pk (1) = . k!Γ(α + 1) (α,β)

Pk

(−1) =

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(u, v)w(α,β) =

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Let w(α,β) (x) = (1 − x)α (1 + x)β . Then we define the weighted space L2w(α,β) as usual, equipped with the following inner product and norm u(x) v(x)w(α,β) (x)dx,

−1

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kukw(α,β) = (u, u)w2 (α,β) .

(2.2)

The set of Jacobi polynomials forms a complete L2w(α,β) -orthogonal system, and (α,β)

kw(α,β) = hk =

2α+β+1 Γ(k + α + 1)Γ(k + β + 1) . (2k + α + β + 1)Γ(k + 1)Γ(k + α + β + 1)

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Let SN (−1, 1) be the set of polynomials of degree at most N on (−1, 1), and due to the property of the standard Jacobi-Gauss quadrature, it follows that for any φ ∈ S2N +1 (−1, 1),

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w(α,β) (x)φ(x)dx =

(α,β)

(α,β)

$N,j φ(xN,j ),

(2.4)

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−1

(α,β)

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(α,β)

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where xN,j (0 ≤ j ≤ N ) and $N,j (0 ≤ j ≤ N ) are the nodes and the corresponding Christoffel numbers of the Jacobi-Gauss-quadrature formula on the interval (−1, 1), respectively. Now, we introduce the following discrete inner product and norm (u, v)w(α,β) =

N X

(α,β)

(α,β)

(α,β)

u(xN,j ) v(xN,j ) $N,j ,

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1

kukw(α,β) = (u, u)w2 (α,β) .

(2.5)

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For α = β one recovers the ultraspherical polynomials (symmetric Jacobi polynomials) and for α = β = ∓ 12 or α = β = 0 one has the Chebyshev of the first and second kinds or Legendre polynomials, respectively. For the nonsymmetric Jacobi polynomials, the two important special cases α = −β = ± 12 give the Chebyshev polynomials of the third and fourth kinds are also recovered.

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Nonlinear reaction-diffusion model

The simple RDE concerning the concentration u of a single substance in one spatial dimension, ut = auxx + C(u), 3

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is also referred to as the Kolmogorov-Petrovsky-Piskounov (KPP) equation [24]. If the reaction term C(u) vanishes, then the equation represents a pure diffusion process. The corresponding equation is Fick’s second law. Making the choice C(u) = u(1−u2 ) yields the Newell-Whitehead-Segel equation, which describes the Rayleigh-Benard convection [25, 26]. Choosing C(u) = u(1 − u)(u − α) and 0 < α < 1, we obtain the more general Zeldovich equation that arises in combustion theory [27, 28]. Such equations with cubic reaction functions are also known as Nagumo or FitzhughNagumo models; these models appear in a variety of applications, and can include more general terms which allow for density dependence of the diffusion process [29, 30, 31, 32, 33]. In this paper, we consider nonlinear RDEs with a reaction term which can be written in the form ut = (A(u) ux )x + B(u) ux + C(u),

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where u = u(x, t) is an unknown function, and A(u), B(u), C(u) are arbitrary smooth functions. The indices x and t denote differentiation with respect to these variables. Eq. (2.7) is a generalized form of a great number of well-known nonlinear second-order evolution equations describing various processes in biology [34]-[36]. Indeed, the term A(u) permits a density dependent manner of diffusion. Burgers’ equation is a particular case of Eq. (2.7) ut = uxx + λ1 u ux .

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Burgers simplified the Navier-Stokes equations by dropping the pressure term to obtain his one dimensional equation. This equation has many applications in applied mathematics, such as modeling of gas dynamics [37, 38], modeling of fluid dynamics, turbulence, boundary layer behavior, shock wave formation and traffic flow [39]. The second particular case of Eq. (2.7) is the well-known Fisher equation ut = uxx + λ2 u − λ3 u2 ,

(2.9)

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which firstly was introduced by Fisher [40] in order to describe the propagation of a mutant gene. Fisher equation has a wide application in a large number of the fields. It describes the spreading of biological populations [40], chemical kinetics [41], logistic population growth [42], flame propagation [43], population in one-dimensional habitual [44], neutron population in a nuclear reaction [45], neurophysiology [46], autocatalytic chemical reactions [47], branching Brownian motion processes [48], and nuclear reactor theory [49]. We also notice that the Murray equation [34, 35] represents a particular case of Eq. (2.7) ut = uxx + λ1 u ux + λ2 u − λ3 u2 ,

(2.10)

which can be considered as a generalization of the Fisher and Burgers equations. Due to the varied applications of nonlinear RDEs in science and engineering, solution methods for such equations are of great importance. We shall next develop the J-GL-C method for solving such equations under very general assumptions.

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Jacobi spectral collocation method

Since collocation methods give good approximations to differential equations and integral equations in physical space, it is useful to implement and to adapt the methods to various problems, including 4

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variable coefficient and nonlinear PDEs (see, for instance [6, 8, 50]). In this section, without loss of generality, we derive the J-GL-C method to numerically solve the following general class of nonlinear time-dependent RDEs:

on the domain D = {x : −1 < x < 1} u(−1, t) = g1 (t),

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u(1, t) = g2 (t)

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ut = A(u) uxx + B(u) ux + C(u)

(2.13)

and the initial condition u(x, 0) = f1 (x),

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Here we assume A, B and C are sufficiently smooth functions of u. Now, assume that u(x, t) =

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(α,β)

aj (t)Pj

(x),

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and if we make use of the orthogonality condition of Jacobi polynomials (2.5), then we obtain form (2.14) that aj (t) =

N 1 X (α,β) (α,β) (α,β) (α,β) Pj (xN,i )$N,i u(xN,i , t), hj

(2.15)

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and accordingly, Eq. (2.14) takes the form

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N N   X 1 X (α,β) (α,β) (α,β) (α,β) (α,β) Pj (xN,i )Pj (x)$N,i u(xN,i , t) , hj

(2.16)

N X N  X 1 (α,β) (α,β) (α,β) (α,β) (α,β) Pj (xN,i )Pj (x)$N,i u(xN,i , t). hj

(2.17)

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or equivalently

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The spatial partial derivatives in Eq. (2.11) can be computed at the collocation points to give (α,β)

ux (xN,n , t) =

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(α,β)

Ani u(xN,i , t),

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N X N  X 1 (α,β) (α,β) (α,β) (α,β) 00 (α,β) (α,β) Pj (xN,i )(Pj (xN,n )) $N,i u(xN,i , t) hj i=0

=

N X i=0

where

j=0

(α,β)

N X 1 (α,β) (α,β) (α,β) (α,β) 0 (α,β) P (xN,i )(Pj (xN,n )) $N,i , hj j

(2.20)

N X 1 (α,β) (α,β) (α,β) (α,β) 00 (α,β) = Pj (xN,i )(Pj (xN,n )) $N,i . hj

(2.21)

Ani =

j=0

Bni

(2.19)

Bni u(xN,i , t), n = 0, 1, · · · , N,

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uxx (xN,n , t) =

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Ani ui (t) + C(un (t)),

i=0

where

(α,β)

ui (t) = u(xN,i , t),

n = 1, · · · , N − 1,

(2.22)

i = 1, · · · , N − 1.

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i=1

(2.23)

dn (t) = An0 g1 (t) + AnN g2 (t), fn (t) = Bn0 g1 (t) + BnN g2 (t). d

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u˙ n (t) = A(un (t)) (

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(α,β)

un (0) = f1 (xN,n ),

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fn (t)) + B(un (t)) ( Bni ui (t) + d

n = 1, · · · , N − 1,

Ani ui (t) + dn (t)) + C(un (t)),

i=1

(2.24)

which can be written in the matrix form ˙ u(t) = F(t, u(t)) u(0) = f1 , where u(t) ˙ = [u˙ 1 (t), u˙ 2 (t), . . . , u˙ N −1 (t)]T , 6

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(α,β)

(α,β)

(α,β)

f1 = [f1 (xN,1 ), f1 (xN,2 ), . . . , f1 (xN,N −1 )]T , and F(t, u(t)) = [F1 (t, u(t)), F2 (t, u(t)), . . . , FN −1 (t, u(t))]T , (α,β)

Fn (t, u(t)) = f (t, xN,n , un (t),

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Ani ui (t) + dn (t),

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N −1 X

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The System of ODEs (2.25) can then be solved by using standard numerical solvers.

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Two-dimensional RDEs

Now, we extend the above algorithm to solve the following two-dimensional RDEs: (x, y, t) ∈ Ω1 × Ω2 × Ω3 ,

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Ω2 = [−1, 1]

subject to the initial condition

Ω3 = [0, T ],

(x, y) ∈ Ω1 × Ω2 ,

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and boundary conditions

u(1, y, t) = g3 (y, t),

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u(−1, y, t) = g2 (y, t),

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(y, t) ∈ Ω2 × Ω3 ,

(x, t) ∈ Ω1 × Ω3 .

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(α1 ,β1 )

ai,j (t)Pj

(α2 ,β2 )

(x)Pj

(y).

(2.29)

i=0 j=0

Employing Eqs. (2.14) and (2.5), the coefficients ai,j (t) can be approximated by N M 1 X X  (α2 ,β2 ) (α2 ,β2 ) (α2 ,β2 ) (α1 ,β1 ) (α1 ,β1 ) (α1 ,β1 )  (α ,β ) (α2 ,β2 ) Pj (yM,k )$M,k Pj (xN,l )$N,l u(xN,l1 1 , yM,k , t). hi hj

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ai,j (t) =

l=0 k=0

(2.30)

The expression (2.29) can be rewritten as u(x, y, t) =

N X M X

n,m τl,k ul,k (t),

l=0 k=0

where

(α ,β1 )

u(xN,l1

(α ,β2 )

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n,m τl,k =

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(α2 ,β2 )

Pj

(α ,β2 )

2 (yM,k

(α ,β2 )

2 )$M,k

(α1 ,β1 )

Pi

(α ,β1 )

(xN,l1

(α ,β1 )

)$N,l1

hi hj



(α1 ,β1 )

Pi

(α2 ,β2 )

(x)Pj

(y).

ux (x, y, t) =

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n,m γl,k ul,k (t),

l=0 k=0

where n,m = γl,k

  (α ,β ) (α2 ,β2 ) (α2 ,β2 ) (α1 ,β1 ) (α1 ,β1 ) (α ,β ) N X M Pj 2 2 (yM,k )$M,k Pi (xN,l )$N,l1 1 X hi hj

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(α2 ,β2 )

(x)) Pj

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(α1 ,β1 )

(Pi

(2.32)

(2.33)

also, the first-order spatial partial derivative with respect to y is given by uy (x, y, t) =

N X M X

n,m δl,k ul,k (t),

(2.34)

l=0 k=0

n,m = δl,k

  (α ,β ) (α2 ,β2 ) (α2 ,β2 ) (α1 ,β1 ) (α1 ,β1 ) (α ,β ) N X M Pj 2 2 (yM,k )$M,k Pi (xN,l )$N,l1 1 X

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hi hj

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(α1 ,β1 )

Pi

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(x)(Pj

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In the same manner, the second spatial partial derivatives with respect to x and y are

n,m ζl,k =

n,m ηl,k =

(2.36)

n,m ηl,k ul,k (t),

(2.37)

l=0 k=0

uyy (x, y, t) =

N X M X l=0 k=0

(Pi

  (α ,β ) (α2 ,β2 ) (α2 ,β2 ) (α1 ,β1 ) (α1 ,β1 ) (α ,β ) N X M Pj 2 2 (yM,k )$M,k Pi (xN,l )$N,l1 1 X

Pi

l=0 k=0

and

n,m ζl,k ul,k (t),

  (α ,β ) (α2 ,β2 ) (α2 ,β2 ) (α1 ,β1 ) (α1 ,β1 ) (α ,β ) N X M Pj 2 2 (yM,k )$M,k Pi (xN,l )$N,l1 1 X

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where

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uxx (x, y, t) =

N X M X

l=0 k=0

hi hj

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(α2 ,β2 )

(x)) Pj

(y) ul,k (t), (2.38)

(α1 ,β1 )

(α2 ,β2 )

(x)(Pj

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(y)) ul,k (t). (2.39)

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In the proposed J-GL-C method the residual of (2.26) is set to be zero at (N − 1) × (M − 1) of Jacobi-Gauss-Lobatto interpolation points. Moreover, the values of u0,k (t), uN,k (t), ul,0 (t) and ul,N (t) can be given by

(α ,β1 )

ul,0 (t) = g4 (xN,l1

(α ,β2 )

, t),

2 uN,k (t) = g3 (yM,k

, t),

ul,N (t) = g5 (xN,l1

(α ,β1 )

, t),

k = 0, · · · , M,

, t),

l = 0, · · · , N.

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(α ,β2 )

2 u0,k (t) = g2 (yM,k

(2.40)

Therefore, adapting (2.31)-(2.40), enable one to write (2.26)-(2.28) as (N − 1) × (M − 1) SODEs u˙ n,m (t) =a1

N X M X

n,m ζl,k ul,k (t) + b1

subject to the initial data (α ,β1 )

m = 1, · · · , M − 1,

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n,m ηl,k ul,k (t) + C(un,m (t)),

l=0 k=0

l=0 k=0

un,m (0) = g1n,m ,

N X M X

(α ,β2 )

2 , yM,k

(α ,β )

2 2 )$M,m ) n = 1, · · · , N − 1,



u1,1 (0)

... u1,M −1 (0) .. u2,1 (0) . u2,M −1 (0) .. . ··· ··· .. . ··· ··· .. . ··· ··· .. uN −2,1 (0) . uN −2,M −1 (0) uN −1,1 (0) . . . uN −1,M −1 (0)

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where

Hn,m (t, u1 , · · · , uN −1 ) =a1

N X M X





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n,m ζl,k ul,k (t) + b1

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n = 1, · · · , N − 1,

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m = 1, · · · , M − 1. (2.42)

which can be solved by implicit

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n,m ηl,k ul,k (t) + C(un,m (t)),

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Murray equation

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Consider the nonlinear time-dependent one dimensional Murray equation ut = uxx + λ1 uux + λ2 u − λ3 u2 ,

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   λ2 (2 λ1 λ3 x) , 1 + tanh 8 λ23

x ∈ D.

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(3.6)

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Maximum absolute errors and rates of convergence of (3.1) subject to (3.2) and (3.3) are introduced in Table 1 using the J-GL-C method for the two special values α = β = 0 and α = β = − 21 , respectively. We also fix λ1 = λ2 = λ3 = 1 with different choices of N . Meanwhile, the absolute errors of problem (3.1) are presented in Table 2 for α = β = − 12 , λ1 = λ2 = λ3 = 1 and N = 16 with different values of (x, t). 10

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Table 1 of convergence RE of solutions for equation (3.1) ME RE 4.00 × 10−5 8.00 × 10−8 2.00 × 10−3 2.00 × 10−8 2.50 × 10−1 1.00 × 10−8 5.00 × 10−1 8.00 × 10−6 8.00 × 10−8 1.00 × 10−2 6.00 × 10−8 7.50 × 10−1 1.50 × 10−8 2.50 × 10−1

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In Figure 1, we display, in (a) the absolute error (b) the approximate solution and the exact solution for different values of t (0, 0.5 and 0.9) of problem (3.1) where λ1 = λ2 = λ3 = 1, α = β = 0 and N = 8. Moreover in (c) the absolute error, (d) the approximate solution and the exact solution for different values of t (0, 0.5 and 0.9) of problem (3.1) where λ1 = λ2 = λ3 = 1, α = β = 0 and N = 12 are plotted. From Figs. 1(c, d), we see that the curves of the approximate and exact solutions coincide for different values of t. This shows that the obtained numerical results are accurate and compare favorably with the exact solution.

Consider the nonlinear time-dependent RDE (a type of Nagumo equation) as given below

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ut = λ1 uxx + u(λ2 + λ3 u − λ4 u2 ),

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2λ4

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x ∈ D.

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(3.9)

(3.10)

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x - 0.5 -0.4 - 0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 - 0.5 -0.4 - 0.3 -0.2 -0.1 0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5

Table 2 errors of solutions for equation (3.1) β E α β E 5.05 × 10−9 3.18 × 10−9 4.93 × 10−9 2.72 × 10−9 −9 4.66 × 10 2.14 × 10−9 −9 4.28 × 10 1.53 × 10−9 −9 3.82 × 10 8.82 × 10−10 0 3.26 × 10−9 − 21 − 12 1.80 × 10−10 2.63 × 10−9 5.44 × 10−10 −9 1.95 × 10 1.25 × 10−9 1.21 × 10−9 1.94 × 10−9 −10 4.40 × 10 2.61 × 10−9 −10 3.18 × 10 3.18 × 10−9 7.31 × 10−10 3.32 × 10−9 −10 5.61 × 10 3.32 × 10−9 −10 3.52 × 10 3.18 × 10−9 −10 1.96 × 10 3.07 × 10−9 7.71 × 10−11 2.93 × 10−9 1 1 −11 0 3.60 × 10 − 2 − 2 2.68 × 10−9 −10 1.11 × 10 2.40 × 10−9 1.35 × 10−10 2.16 × 10−9 −10 1.65 × 10 1.87 × 10−9 −10 2.19 × 10 1.46 × 10−9 2.07 × 10−10 1.10 × 10−9

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errors and rate of p ME 1.50 × 10−4 3 1.00 × 10−8 8.00 × 10−13 6.00 × 10−5 3 1.50 × 10−11 1.50 × 10−13

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In the following we analyse the nonlinear time-dependent one dimensional RDE which includes density dependent diffusion ut = (λ1 up−1 ux )x − λ2 u + λ3 up , The boundary conditions are given by

and subjected to the initial condition 2bp q(p + 1)



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cos



p−1 2

(x, t) ∈ D × [0, 1] .

r

q ap



2 p−1

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,

(3.13)

x ∈ D.

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2   r   p−1 p−1 q cos x , 2 ap

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2   r   p−1 p−1 q cos x . 2 ap

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Diffusion- areaction equation with Fischer-Kolmogorov reaction term and density dependent diffusion

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with to the boundary conditions

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Maximum absolute errors N 4 8 12 4 8 12

2  , 1 + tanh x4

x ∈ D.

(3.17)

(3.18)

We notice that the exact solution [44] of Eq. (3.16) is

2  . 1 + tanh x+t 4

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with the following initial-boundary conditions 1

u(−1, y, t) = 1+e u(x, −1, t) =

√1 (y−1− √1 t) 2 2

1 1+e

√1 (x−1− √1 t) 2 2

1+e 1+e

1+e

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u(x, y, 0) =

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1 √1 (x+1− √ t) 2 2

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Table 6 Absolute errors for the solution of equation (3.16) x t α β E α β E - 0.5 3.19 × 10−9 3.31 × 10−9 -0.4 3.50 × 10−9 3.66 × 10−9 −9 - 0.3 3.73 × 10 3.90 × 10−9 −9 -0.2 3.88 × 10 4.06 × 10−9 -0.1 3.96 × 10−9 4.14 × 10−9 1 1 −9 0 0.1 0 0 3.96 × 10 − 2 − 2 4.15 × 10−9 −9 0.1 3.90 × 10 4.09 × 10−9 −9 0.2 3.76 × 10 3.95 × 10−9 0.3 3.56 × 10−9 3.73 × 10−9 −10 0.4 3.29 × 10 3.46 × 10−9 −10 0.5 2.96 × 10 3.11 × 10−9 - 0.5 1.50 × 10−9 1.90 × 10−9 −9 -0.4 1.41 × 10 1.79 × 10−9 −9 - 0.3 1.23 × 10 1.57 × 10−9 -0.2 1.01 × 10−9 1.32 × 10−9 −10 -0.1 7.92 × 10 1.06 × 10−9 1 1 −10 0 0.2 0 0 5.96 × 10 − 2 − 2 8.35 × 10−10 0.1 4.32 × 10−10 6.46 × 10−10 −10 0.2 3.11 × 10 5.06 × 10−10 −10 0.3 2.44 × 10 4.21 × 10−10 −10 0.4 2.29 × 10 3.93 × 10−10 0.5 2.48 × 10−10 4.05 × 10−10

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1 √ (x+y− √1 t) 2 2

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Table 7 Maximum absolute errors of problem (3.20) (α1 , β1 ) (α2 , β2 ) ME (α1 , β1 ) (α2 , β2 ) ( 21 , 21 ) (− 12 , 12 ) 1.14 × 10−3 (0, 12 ) (− 12 , 0) −7 3.49 × 10 2.89 × 10−9 1 1 (1, 0) (− 2 , − 2 ) 1.38 × 10−3 (− 12 , − 12 ) (− 12 , − 12 ) 4.19 × 10−7 3.67 × 10−9

Table 7 lists the maximum absolute errors of u(x, y, t) of problem (3.20) with various choices of α1 , α2 , β1 , β2 , , N, M, and K. The numerical results presented in this table show that the results are very accurate for small value of N, M, and K. Figure 4 demonstrates that the absolute errors E(x, y, t), at t = 1 and E(x, y, t), at y = t = 12 are very small for even the small number of grid points taken for all the Jacobi parameters.

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We have investigated the J-GL-C method for the solution of nonlinear time-dependent RDEs subject to Dirichlet boundary conditions. The nonlinear time-dependent RDE has been collocated for the space variable at (N − 1) points, for suitable collocation points. We use the (N − 1) nodes of the Jacobi-Gauss-Lobatto interpolation which depends upon two general parameters α, β > −1. These equations, together with the two-point boundary conditions, yield a system of (N − 1) ODEs in the time variable. The resulting system can then be solved by one of the standard numerical methods. The solution method for a very general class of RDEs was considered in Section 2. This general class of equations holds a number of relevant physical and biological models as special cases. In Section 3, we have considered four specific nonlinear RDEs, in order to demonstrate the method. For each of the examples given, we were able to obtain accurate solutions with relatively few nodes used. Indeed, we often obtain very accurate results with fewer than ten nodes. As such, the method is quite efficient, requiring minimal computation to achieve a desired accuracy. Another facet of the solution method is that it permits solutions which appear to converge rapidly, as measured by the parameter RE , the rate of convergence. We find, in some cases, that the error decreases by as much as a factor of 10−3 due to an increase of only a single node. In the present paper, we have considered examples with power-law or polynomial type nonlinearity. However, the J-GL-C method is rather general, and one may consider other kinds of nonlinearity. In some applications [52], exponential nonlinearity occurs in reaction diffusion models, and such cases could also be addressed by the present method. Additionally, one sometimes encounters coupled RDEs. If the terms coupling the equations is strongly nonlinear, the solution of such equations can be rather difficult. Hence, for future work, it may be interesting to consider coupled RDEs with various forms of nonlinearity. 16

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The results presented here demonstrate that the J-GL-C method is both accurate and efficient for the computation of numerical solutions to nonlinear RDEs, even those with density-dependent diffusion terms and strongly nonlinear reaction functions. Therefore, the method warrants consideration from those involved in the numerical simulation of models arising in science or engineering which take the form of nonlinear RDEs.

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