Stability and Monotonicity of Difference Schemes for Nonlinear Scalar Conservation Laws and Multidimensional Quasi-linear Parabolic Equations

Abstract

Abstract We have proved the difference analogue of a Bihari-type inequality. Using this inequality, we study the stability in C and monotonicity of the difference schemes approximating initial-boundary value problems for nonlinear conservation laws and multi-dimensional parabolic equations. It has been shown that in the nonlinear case the stability and monotonicity are determined not only by the behavior of the approximate solution but also by its difference derivatives appearing in the nonlinear terms of the equation. The stability estimates are obtained without any assumptions about the properties of the solution and nonlinear coefficients of the differential problem. Here we use restrictions only on input data (initial and boundary conditions and the right-hand side). The sufficient conditions of the shock wave generation is formulated for input data. For the Riemann problem two exact and stable difference schemes are analyzed.