On the accurate discretization of a highly nonlinear boundary value problem

Abstract

The aim of this manuscript is to investigate an accurate discretization method to solve the one-, two-, and three-dimensional highly nonlinear Bratu-type problems. By discretization of the nonlinear equation via a fourth-order nonstandard compact finite difference formula, the considered problem is reduced to the solution of a highly nonlinear algebraic system. To solve the derived nonlinear system, a modified nonlinear solver is used. The new scheme is accurate, fast, straightforward and very effective to find the lower and upper branches of the Bratu's problem. Numerical simulations and comparative results for the one-, two-, and three-dimensional cases verify that the new technique is easy to implement and more accurate than the other existing methods in the literature.