Optimal error estimate of a conservative Fourier pseudo-spectral method for the space fractional nonlinear Schrödinger equation

Abstract

In this paper, we consider the error analysis of a conservative Fourier pseudo-spectral method that conserves mass and energy for the space fractional nonlinear Schrödinger equation. We give a new fractional Sobolev norm that can construct the discrete fractional Sobolev space, and we also can prove some important lemmas for the new fractional Sobolev norm. Based on these lemmas and energy method, a priori error estimate for the method can be established. Then, we are able to prove that the Fourier pseudo-spectral method is unconditionally convergent with order $O({\tau }^2+N^{\alpha /2-r})$ in the discrete $L^{\infty }$ norm, where $\tau$ is the time step and $N$ is the number of collocation points used in the spectral method. Numerical examples are presented to verify the theoretical analysis.