A numerical method for solution of the two-dimensional sine-Gordon equation using the radial basis functions

  • Authors:
  • Mehdi Dehghan;Ali Shokri

  • Affiliations:
  • Department of Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Amirkabir University of Technology, No. 424, Hafez Avenue, Tehran, Iran;Department of Applied Mathematics, Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science, Amirkabir University of Technology, No. 424, Hafez Avenue, Tehran, Iran

  • Venue:
  • Mathematics and Computers in Simulation
  • Year:
  • 2008

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Abstract

The nonlinear sine-Gordon equation arises in various problems in science and engineering. In this paper, we propose a numerical scheme to solve the two-dimensional damped/undamped sine-Gordon equation. The proposed scheme is based on using collocation points and approximating the solution employing the thin plate splines (TPS) radial basis function (RBF). The new scheme works in a similar fashion as finite difference methods. Numerical results are obtained for various cases involving line and ring solitons.