On the numerical solutions for a parabolic system with blow-up

Abstract

We study the finite difference approximation for axisymmetric solutions of a parabolic system with blow-up. A scheme with adaptive temporal increments is commonly used to compute an approximate blow-up time. There are, however, some limitations to reproduce the blow-up behaviors for such schemes. We thus use an algorithm, in which uniform temporal grids are used, for the computation of the blow-up time and blow-up behaviors. In addition to the convergence of the numerical blow-up time, we also study various blow-up behaviors numerically, including the blow-up set, blow-up rate and blow-up in $ L^\sigma $-norm. Moreover, the relation between blow-up of the exact solution and that of the numerical solution is also analyzed and discussed.

Keywords

• parabolic system
• blow-up
• finite difference method
• blow-up behavior
• numerical blow-up