An Efficient Compact Difference Scheme for the Symmetric Regularized Long Wave Equation

A new efficient and compact finite difference scheme was constructed to obtain numerical solutions of the symmetric regularized long wave equation. The classic Crank-Nicolson (C-N) scheme and the extrapolation technique were used for discretization of the 1st-order derivatives in the temporal direction, the 4th-order Padé method and the inverse compact operator were applied for discretization of the 1st-order and 2nd-order derivatives in the spatial direction, respectively. The constructed scheme has the linear, uncoupled, and compact features, greatly enhancing the computational efficiency. Additionally, analyses on conservation laws, a priori estimates, stability and convergence were conducted for the new scheme, to prove the 2nd-order temporal and the 4th-order spatial convergence accuracies. Finally, the theoretical correctness and efficiency of the scheme were verified through a numerical example.