Quantum solutions of a nonlinear Schrödinger equation

Abstract

In the present paper, we precisely conduct a quantum calculus method for the numerical solutions of PDEs. A nonlinear Schrödinger equation is considered. Instead of the known classical discretization methods based on the finite difference scheme, Adomian method, and third modified ver-sions, we consider a discretization scheme leading to subdomains according to q-calculus and provide an approximate solution due to a specific value of the parameter q. Error estimates show that q-calculus may produce effi-cient numerical solutions for PDEs. The q-discretization leads effectively to higher orders of convergence provided with faster algorithms. The numer-ical tests are applied to both propagation and interaction of soliton-type solutions.

Keywords

• nls equation
• quantum calculus
• numerical solution
• error estimates