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An explicit finite-difference scheme for the solution of the Kadomtsev-Petviashvili equation. (English) Zbl 0904.65094
The nonlinear equation $(u_t+ 6uu_x+ u_{xxx})_x +3u_{yy}=0$ is considered for $$t>0$$, $$(x,y) \in[L_0,L_1]^2 \equiv \Omega$$; the boundary conditions (on $$\partial \Omega)$$ are of the form: $$u|_{\partial \Omega} =b$$; $${\partial u\over \partial u} |_{\partial \Omega} =0$$; the initial conditions are prescribed for $$u$$ and $${\partial u\over \partial t}$$ (consistency of them is not analyzed).
An explicit three-level difference scheme is used on the basis of a rectangular grid and central difference approximations. The analysis of stability (for linearized equations) is heuristic since it is based on periodicity conditions. Numerical experiments are presented.

##### MSC:
 65M06 Finite difference methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs 65M12 Stability and convergence of numerical methods for initial value and initial-boundary value problems involving PDEs 35Q53 KdV equations (Korteweg-de Vries equations)
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