An exponential integrator for finite volume discretization of a reaction–advection–diffusion equation

Abstract

We consider the numerical approximation of a general second order semi-linear parabolic partial differential equation. Equations of this type arise in many contexts, such as transport in porous media. Using the finite volume with two-point flux approximation on regular mesh combined with exponential time differencing of order one (ETD1) for temporal discretization, we derive the L2 estimate under the assumption that the non linear term is locally Lipschitz. Numerical simulations to sustain the theoretical results are provided.