TY - JOUR T1 - Numerical Analysis for a Nonlocal Allen-Cahn Equation AU - Bates , P. W. AU - Brown , S. AU - Han , J. JO - International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling VL - 1 SP - 33 EP - 49 PY - 2009 DA - 2009/06 SN - 6 DO - http://doi.org/ UR - https://global-sci.org/intro/article_detail/ijnam/755.html KW - Finite difference scheme, long range interaction. AB -
We propose a stable, convergent finite difference scheme to solve numerically a nonlocal Allen-Cahn equation which may model a variety of physical and biological phenomena involving long-range spatial interaction. We also prove that the scheme is uniquely solvable and the numerical solution will approach the true solution in the $L^∞$ norm.