A new approach for numerical solution of modified korteweg-de vries equation

Abstract

In this paper, a lumped Galerkin method is applied with cubic B-spline interpolation functions to find the numerical solution of the modified Korteweg-de Vries (mKdV) equation. Test problems including motion of single solitary wave, interaction of two solitons, interaction of three solitons, and evolution of solitons are solved to verify the proposed method by calculating the error norms L2 and L1 and the conserved quantities mass, momentum and energy. Applying the von-Neumann stability analysis, the proposed method is shown to be unconditionally stable. Consequently, the obtained results are found to be harmony with the some recent results