Schwartz Duality for Singularly Perturbed Differential Equations with Chebyshev Spectral Methods

Abstract

Singularly perturbed differential equations with the Dirac delta function usually yield discontinuous solutions. Therefore, careful consideration is required when using numerical methods to solve these equations because of the Gibbs phenomenon. A remedy based on the Schwartz duality has been previously proposed, yielding superior results without oscillations. However, this approach has primarily been applied to linear problems and still exhibits the Gibbs phenomenon when extended to nonlinear or higher-dimensional problems. In this paper, we propose a consistent yet simple approach based on Schwartz duality that can handle such problems. Our proposed approach utilizes a modified direct projection method with a consistent discrete derivative of the Heaviside function, which directly approximates the Dirac delta function. As numerical examples, we consider several problems, including the Burgers’ equation and the two-dimensional time-dependent advection equation. The proposed method effectively eliminates Gibbs oscillations without the need for traditional regularization and demonstrates uniform error reduction for the problems considered.