TY - JOUR
T1 - Variable Step-Size Implicit-Explicit Linear Multistep Methods for Time-Dependent Partial Differential Equations
AU - Dong Wang & Steven J. Ruuth
JO - Journal of Computational Mathematics
VL - 6
SP - 838
EP - 855
PY - 2008
DA - 2008/12
SN - 26
DO - http://doi.org/
UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/jcm/8663.html
KW - Implicit-explicit (IMEX) linear multistep methods, Variable step-size, Zero-stability, Burgers' equation.
AB - <p style="text-align: justify;">Implicit-explicit (IMEX) linear multistep methods are popular techniques for solving partial differential equations (PDEs) with terms of different types. While fixed time-step versions of such schemes have been developed and studied, implicit-explicit schemes also naturally arise in general situations where the temporal smoothness of the solution changes. In this paper we consider easily implementable variable step-size implicit-explicit (VSIMEX) linear multistep methods for time-dependent PDEs. Families of order-$p$, $p$-step VSIMEX schemes are constructed and analyzed, where $p$ ranges from 1 to 4. The corresponding schemes are simple to implement and have the property that they reduce to the classical IMEX schemes whenever constant time step-sizes are imposed. The methods are validated on the Burgers&#39; equation. These results demonstrate that by varying the time step-size, VSIMEX methods can outperform their fixed time step counterparts while still maintaining good numerical behavior.</p>