Conservative finite difference schemes for the Degasperis–Procesi equation

Abstract

We consider the numerical integration of the Degasperis–Procesi equation, which was recently introduced as a completely integrable shallow water equation. For the equation, we propose nonlinear and linear finite difference schemes that preserve two invariants associated with the bi-Hamiltonian form of the equation at the same time. We also prove the unique solvability of the schemes, and show some numerical examples.