A pseudo energy-invariant method for relativistic wave equations with Riesz space-fractional derivatives

Abstract

In this work, we investigate a general nonlinear wave equation with Riesz space-fractional derivatives that generalizes various classical hyperbolic models, including the sine-Gordon and the Klein–Gordon equations from relativistic quantum mechanics. A finite-difference discretization of the model is provided using fractional centered differences. The method is a technique that is capable of preserving an energy-like quantity at each iteration. Some computational comparisons against solutions available in the literature are performed in order to assess the capability of the method to preserve the invariant. Our experiments confirm that the technique yields good approximations to the solutions considered. As an application of our scheme, we provide simulations that confirm, for the first time in the literature, the presence of the phenomenon of nonlinear supratransmission in Riesz space-fractional Klein–Gordon equations driven by a harmonic perturbation at the boundary. © 2017 Elsevier B.V.