A Numerical Patching Technique for Singularly Perturbed Nonlinear Differential-Difference Equations with a Negative Shift

Abstract

In this paper, we present a numerical patching technique for solving singularly perturbed nonlinear differen- tial-difference equation with a small negative shift. The nonlinear problem is converted into a sequence of linear problems by quasilinearization process. After linearization, it is divided into two problems, namely inner region problem and outer region problem. The boundary condition at the cutting point is obtained from the theory of singular perturbations. Using stretching transformation, a modified inner region problem is constructed and is solved by using the upwind finite difference scheme. The outer region problem is solved by a Taylor polynomial approach. We combine the solutions of both problems to obtain an approximate solution of the original problem. The proposed method is iterative on the cutting point. The process is repeated for various choices of the cutting point, until the solution profiles stabilize. Some numerical examples have been solved to demonstrate the applicability of the method. The method is analyzed for stability and convergence.