Multisymplectic method for the Camassa-Holm equation

Abstract

The Camassa-Holm equation, a completely integrable evolution equation, contains rich geometric structures. For the existence of the bi-Hamiltonian structure and the so-called peaked wave solutions, considerable interest has been aroused in the last several decades. Focusing on local geometric properties of the peaked wave solutions for the Camassa-Holm equation, we propose the multisymplectic method to simulate the propagation of the peaked wave in this paper. Based on the multisymplectic theory, we present a multisymplectic formulation of the Camassa-Holm equation and the multisymplectic conservation law. Then, we apply the Euler box scheme to construct the structure-preserving scheme of the multisymplectic form. Numerical results show the merits of the multisymplectic scheme constructed, especially the local conservative properties on the wave form in the propagation process.