THERMAL SCIENCE

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AN EXTRAPOLATED HIGH-ORDER LINEAR FINITE DIFFERENCE SCHEME FOR THE ROSENAU-RLW EQUATION

ABSTRACT
A high-order linear finite difference scheme is developed for the initial-boundary value problem of the Rosenau-RLW equation based on extrapolation techniques. By applying temporal extrapolation to the nonlinear terms and spatial Richardson extrapolation, the new numerical scheme with accuracy of order O(τ2+h4)is derived. The convergence of the proposed scheme is rigorously proved by Sobolev inequality. Numerical examples are also presented to verify the effectiveness and accuracy of the scheme.
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PAPER SUBMITTED: 2025-05-15
PAPER REVISED: 2025-09-12
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2025-10-31
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2026-07-25
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI250515130Z
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