A predictor–corrector scheme for the improved Boussinesq equation

An implicit finite-difference method based on rational approximants of second order to the matrix-exponential term in a three-time level recurrence relation has been proposed for the numerical solution of the improved Boussinesq equation already known from the bibliography. The method, which is analyzed for local truncation error and stability, leads to the solution of a nonlinear system. To overcome this difficulty a predictor–corrector (P–C) scheme in which the predictor is also a second order implicit one is proposed. The efficiency of the proposed method is tested to various wave packets and the results arising from the experiments are compared with the relevant ones known in the bibliography.