Solving nonlinear problems by Ostrowski Chun type parametric families

In this paper, by using a generalization of Ostrowski' and Chun's methods two bi-parametric families of predictor-corrector iterative schemes, with order of convergence four for solving system of nonlinear equations, are presented. The predictor of the first family is Newton's method, and the predictor of the second one is Steffensen's scheme. One of them is extended to the multidimensional case. Some numerical tests are performed to compare proposed methods with existing ones and to confirm the theoretical results. We check the obtained results by solving the molecular interaction problem.This research was supported by Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnologia MTM2011-28636-C02-02 and FONDOCYT, Republica Dominicana.Cordero Barbero, A.; Maimo, J.; Torregrosa Sánchez, JR.; Vassileva, M. (2015). Solving nonlinear problems by Ostrowski Chun type parametric families. Journal of Mathematical Chemistry. 53(1):430-449. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10910-014-0432-zS430449531M.S. Petkovic̀, B. Neta, L.D. 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Iterative method for solving a nonlinear fourth order boundary value problem

AbstractIn the study of transverse vibrations of a hinged beam there arises a boundary value problem for fourth order ordinary differential equation, where a significant difficulty lies in a nonlinear term under integral sign. In recent years several authors considered finite approximation of the problem and proposed an iterative method for solving the system of nonlinear equations obtained. The essence of the iteration is the simple iteration method for a nonlinear equation, although this is not shown in the papers of the authors.In this paper we propose a new approach to the solution of the problem, which is based on the reduction of it to finding a root of a nonlinear equation. In both cases, when the explicit form of this equation is found or not, the use of the Newton or Newton-type methods generate fast convergent iterative process for the original problem. The results of many numerical experiments confirm the efficiency of the proposed approach

A family of parametric schemes of arbitrary even order for solving nonlinear models

[EN] Many problems related to gas dynamics, heat transfer or chemical reactions are modeled by means of partial differential equations that usually are solved by using approximation techniques. When they are transformed in nonlinear systems of equations via a discretization process, this system is big-sized and high-order iterative methods are specially useful. In this paper, we construct a new family of parametric iterative methods with arbitrary even order, based on the extension of Ostrowski' and Chun's methods for solving nonlinear systems. Some elements of the proposed class are known methods meanwhile others are new schemes with good properties. Some numerical tests confirm the theoretical results and allow us to compare the numerical results obtained by applying new methods and known ones on academical examples. In addition, we apply one of our methods for approximating the solution of a heat conduction problem described by a parabolic partial differential equation.This research was partially supported by Ministerio de Economia y Competitividad MTM2014-52016-C02-2-P and FONDOCYT 2014-1C1-088 Republica Dominicana.Cordero Barbero, A.; Torregrosa Sánchez, JR.; Vassileva, MP. (2017). A family of parametric schemes of arbitrary even order for solving nonlinear models. Journal of Mathematical Chemistry. 55(7):1443-1460. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10910-016-0723-7S14431460557R. Escobedo, L.L. Bonilla, Numerical methods for quantum drift-diffusion equation in semiconductor phisics. Math. Chem. 40(1), 3–13 (2006)S.J. Preece, J. Villingham, A.C. King, Chemical clock reactions: the effect of precursor consumtion. Math. Chem. 26, 47–73 (1999)H. Montazeri, F. Soleymani, S. Shateyi, S.S. Motsa, On a new method for computing the numerical solution of systems of nonlinear equations. J. Appl. Math. 2012 ID. 751975, 15 pages (2012)J.L. Hueso, E. Martínez, C. Teruel, Convergence, effiency and dinamimics of new fourth and sixth order families of iterative methods for nonlinear systems. J. Comput. Appl. Math. 275, 412–420 (2015)J.R. Sharma, H. Arora, Efficient Jarratt-like methods for solving systems of nonlinear equations. Calcolo 51, 193–210 (2014)X. Wang, T. Zhang, W. Qian, M. Teng, Seventh-order derivative-free iterative method for solving nonlinear systems. Numer. Algor. 70, 545–558 (2015)J.R. Sharma, H. Arora, On efficient weighted-Newton methods for solving systems of nonlinear equations. Appl. Math. Comput. 222, 497–506 (2013)A. Cordero, J.G. Maimó, J.R. Torregrosa, M.P. Vassileva, Solving nonlinear problems by Ostrowski-Chun type parametric families. J. Math. Chem. 53, 430–449 (2015)A.M. Ostrowski, Solution of equations and systems of equations (Prentice-Hall, Englewood Cliffs, New York, 1964)C. Chun, Construction of Newton-like iterative methods for solving nonlinear equations. Numer. Math. 104, 297–315 (2006)A. Cordero, J.L. Hueso, E. Martínez, J.R. Torregrosa, A modified Newton-Jarratt’s composition. Numer. Algor. 55, 87–99 (2010)J.M. Ortega, W.C. Rheinboldt, Iterative solution of nonlinear equations in several variables (Academic, New York, 1970)C. Hermite, Sur la formule dinterpolation de Lagrange. Reine Angew. Math. 84, 70–79 (1878)A. Cordero, J.R. Torregrosa, Variants of Newton’s method using fifth-order quadrature formulas. Appl. Math. Comput. 190, 686–698 (2007

A new fourth-order family for solving nonlinear problems and its dynamics

In this manuscript, a new parametric class of iterative methods for solving nonlinear systems of equations is proposed. Its fourth-order of convergence is proved and a dynamical analysis on low-degree polynomials is made in order to choose those elements of the family with better conditions of stability. These results are checked by solving the nonlinear system that arises from the partial differential equation of molecular interaction.This research was supported by Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnologia MTM2011-28636-C02-{01, 02} and Universitat Politecnica de Valencia SP20120474.Cordero Barbero, A.; Feng, L.; Magrenan, A.; Torregrosa Sánchez, JR. (2015). A new fourth-order family for solving nonlinear problems and its dynamics. Journal of Mathematical Chemistry. 53(3):893-910. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10910-014-0464-4S893910533R.C. Rach, J.S. Duan, A.M. Wazwaz, Solving coupled Lane–Emden boundary value problems in catalytic diffusion reactions by the Adomian decomposition method. J. 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Widening basins of attraction of optimal iterative methods

[EN] In this work, we analyze the dynamical behavior on quadratic polynomials of a class of derivative-free optimal parametric iterative methods, designed by Khattri and Steihaug. By using their parameter as an accelerator, we develop different methods with memory of orders three, six and twelve, without adding new functional evaluations. Then a dynamical approach is made, comparing each of the proposed methods with the original ones without memory, with the following empiric conclusion: Basins of attraction of iterative schemes with memory are wider and the behavior is more stable. 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Preliminary orbit determination of artificial satellites: a vectorial sixth-order approach

A modified classical method for preliminary orbit determination is presented. In our proposal, the spread of the observations is considerably wider than in the original method, as well as the order of convergence of the iterative scheme involved. The numerical approach is made by using matricial weight functions, which will lead us to a class of iterative methods with a sixth local order of convergence. This is a process widely used in the design of iterative methods for solving nonlinear scalar equations, but rarely employed in vectorial cases. The numerical tests confirm the theoretical results, and the analysis of the dynamics of the problem shows the stability of the proposed schemes.The authors thank the anonymous referees for their valuable comments and suggestions. This research was supported by Ministerio de Ciencia y Tecnologia MTM2011-28636-C02-02.Andreu Estellés, C.; Cambil Teba, N.; Cordero Barbero, A.; Torregrosa Sánchez, JR. (2013). 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Analysis of two Chebyshev-like third order methods free from second derivatives for solving systems of nonlinear equations. Journal of Computational and Applied Mathematics, 233(8), 2002-2012. doi:10.1016/j.cam.2009.09.035Soleymani, F., Lotfi, T., & Bakhtiari, P. (2013). A multi-step class of iterative methods for nonlinear systems. Optimization Letters, 8(3), 1001-1015. doi:10.1007/s11590-013-0617-6Awawdeh, F. (2009). On new iterative method for solving systems of nonlinear equations. Numerical Algorithms, 54(3), 395-409. doi:10.1007/s11075-009-9342-8Babajee, D. K. R., Cordero, A., Soleymani, F., & Torregrosa, J. R. (2012). On a Novel Fourth-Order Algorithm for Solving Systems of Nonlinear Equations. Journal of Applied Mathematics, 2012, 1-12. doi:10.1155/2012/165452Cordero, A., Torregrosa, J. R., & Vassileva, M. P. (2012). Pseudocomposition: A technique to design predictor–corrector methods for systems of nonlinear equations. 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A multigrid continuation method for elliptic problems with folds

We introduce a new multigrid continuation method for computing solutions of nonlinear elliptic eigenvalue problems which contain limit points (also called turning points or folds). Our method combines the frozen tau technique of Brandt with pseudo-arc length continuation and correction of the parameter on the coarsest grid. This produces considerable storage savings over direct continuation methods,as well as better initial coarse grid approximations, and avoids complicated algorithms for determining the parameter on finer grids. We provide numerical results for second, fourth and sixth order approximations to the two-parameter, two-dimensional stationary reaction-diffusion problem: Δu+λ exp(u/(1+au)) = 0. For the higher order interpolations we use bicubic and biquintic splines. The convergence rate is observed to be independent of the occurrence of limit points

Coarsening dynamics in one dimension: The phase diffusion equation and its numerical implementation

Many nonlinear partial differential equations (PDEs) display a coarsening dynamics, i.e., an emerging pattern whose typical length scale $L$ increases with time. The so-called coarsening exponent $n$ characterizes the time dependence of the scale of the pattern, $L(t)\approx t^n$, and coarsening dynamics can be described by a diffusion equation for the phase of the pattern. By means of a multiscale analysis we are able to find the analytical expression of such diffusion equations. Here, we propose a recipe to implement numerically the determination of $D(\lambda)$, the phase diffusion coefficient, as a function of the wavelength $\lambda$ of the base steady state $u_0(x)$. $D$ carries all information about coarsening dynamics and, through the relation $|D(L)| \simeq L^2 /t$, it allows us to determine the coarsening exponent. The main conceptual message is that the coarsening exponent is determined without solving a time-dependent equation, but only by inspecting the periodic steady-state solutions. This provides a much faster strategy than a forward time-dependent calculation. We discuss our method for several different PDEs, both conserved and not conserved

A finite element method for fully nonlinear elliptic problems

We present a continuous finite element method for some examples of fully nonlinear elliptic equation. A key tool is the discretisation proposed in Lakkis & Pryer (2011, SISC) allowing us to work directly on the strong form of a linear PDE. An added benefit to making use of this discretisation method is that a recovered (finite element) Hessian is a biproduct of the solution process. We build on the linear basis and ultimately construct two different methodologies for the solution of second order fully nonlinear PDEs. Benchmark numerical results illustrate the convergence properties of the scheme for some test problems including the Monge-Amp\`ere equation and Pucci's equation.Comment: 22 pages, 31 figure