A MODIFIED BACKWARD EULER SCHEME FOR THE DIFFUSION EQUATION SUBJECT TO NONLINEAR NONLOCAL BOUNDARY CONDITIONS

Abstract

In this article, Modified Backward Euler Scheme is developed to solve the diffusion equation subject to nonlinear nonlocal boundary conditions. The proposed scheme is derived by combining a fourth-order compact finite difference formula in space and a backward differ- entiation for the time derivative term. Nonlinear terms in boundary conditions are linearized by Taylor expansion. Numerical examples are provided to verify the accuracy and efficiency of our proposed method.