Journal of Shanghai University(Natural Science Edition) ›› 2025, Vol. 31 ›› Issue (6): 1087-1102.doi: 10.12066/j.issn.1007-2861.2278

• Mathematics, Physics and Chemistry • Previous Articles    

A multidomain Legendre tau method for 1-D nonlinear Maxwell’s equations

YAO Jiaqian, MA Heping   

  1. College of Sciences, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China
  • Received:2020-10-20 Online:2025-12-31 Published:2025-12-31

Abstract: Taking the 1-D nonlinear Maxwell's equation as a model, the multidomain Legendre tau method is studied for the cases of weak discontinuity and discontinuity at the interface of nonhomogeneous media. The leapfrog-Crank-Nicolson scheme is used for time discretization, which is a three-level explicit-implicit method of good stability and easy implementation. The stability of the scheme is proved, and the L2-error estimate of optimal order is obtained. Numerical examples show the effectiveness of the proposed multidomain Legendre tau method for such nonlinear discontinuous problems.

Key words: nonlinear Maxwell’s equation, multidomain Legendre tau method, stability, convergence

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