Journal Article

·2022 OPEN ACCESS

Wavelet-based Numerical Approaches for Solving the Korteweg-de Vries (KdV) Equation

Neslihan Özdemir YTU , Aydın Seçer YTU

Turkish Journal of Mathematics and Computer Science

Abstract

In this research work, we examine the Korteweg-de Vries equation (KdV), which is utilized to formulate the propagation of water waves and occurs in different fields such as hydrodynamics waves in cold plasma acoustic waves in harmonic crystals. This research presents two efficient computational methods based on Legendre wavelets to solve the Korteweg-de Vries. The three-step Taylor method is first applied to the Korteweg-de Vries equation for time discretization. Then, the Galerkin and collocation methods are used for spatial discretization. With these approaches, bringing the approximate solutions of the Korteweg-de Vries equation turns into getting the solution of the algebraic equation system. The solution of this system gives the Legendre wavelet coefficients. The approximate solution can be obtained by substituting the obtained coefficients into the Legendre wavelet series expansion. The presented wavelet methods are tested by studying different problems at the end of this study.

Keywords

Korteweg–de Vries equation Legendre wavelet Legendre polynomials Discretization Mathematics Wavelet Mathematical analysis Collocation (remote sensing) Taylor series Algebraic equation Galerkin method Collocation method Applied mathematics Associated Legendre polynomials Legendre's equation Nonlinear system Wavelet transform Physics Computer science Differential equation Orthogonal polynomials Discrete wavelet transform Classical orthogonal polynomials

Subject Areas

Nonlinear Waves and Solitons ·Statistical and Nonlinear Physics ·Physical Sciences
Ocean Waves and Remote Sensing ·Oceanography ·Physical Sciences
Nonlinear Photonic Systems ·Statistical and Nonlinear Physics ·Physical Sciences

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