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An Analysis of the Nonstandard Finite Difference and Galerkin Methods Applied to the Huxley Equation

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  • Pius W. M. Chin

    (Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Medunsa, Ga-Rankuwa, Pretoria 0204, South Africa)

  • Claude R. B. Moutsinga

    (Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Medunsa, Ga-Rankuwa, Pretoria 0204, South Africa)

  • Khadijo R. Adem

    (Department of Mathematics and Applied Mathematics, Sefako Makgatho Health Sciences University, Medunsa, Ga-Rankuwa, Pretoria 0204, South Africa)

Abstract

The Huxley equation, which is a nonlinear partial differential equation, is used to describe the ionic mechanisms underlying the initiation and propagation of action potentials in the squid giant axon. This equation, just like many other nonlinear equations, is often very difficult to analyze because of the presence of the nonlinearity term, which is always very difficult to approximate. This paper aims to design a reliable scheme that consists of a combination of the nonstandard finite difference in time method, the Galerkin method and the compactness methods in space variables. This method is used to show that the solution of the problem exists uniquely. The a priori estimate from the existence process is applied to the scheme to show that the numerical solution from the scheme converges optimally in the L 2 as well as the H 1 norms. We proceed to show that the scheme preserves the decaying properties of the exact solution. Numerical experiments are introduced with a chosen example to validate the proposed theory.

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  • Pius W. M. Chin & Claude R. B. Moutsinga & Khadijo R. Adem, 2024. "An Analysis of the Nonstandard Finite Difference and Galerkin Methods Applied to the Huxley Equation," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 12(6), pages 1-18, March.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jmathe:v:12:y:2024:i:6:p:867-:d:1357781
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    1. Anguelov, Roumen & Lubuma, Jean M.-S., 2003. "Nonstandard finite difference method by nonlocal approximation," Mathematics and Computers in Simulation (MATCOM), Elsevier, vol. 61(3), pages 465-475.
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