A linearly implicit energy-preserving exponential integrator for the nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation

Abstract: In this paper, we generalize the exponential energy-preserving integrator proposed in the paper [SIAM J. Sci. Comput. 38(2016) A1876-A1895] for conservative systems, which now becomes linearly implicit by further utilizing the idea of the scalar auxiliary variable approach. Comparing with the original exponential energy-preserving integrator which usually leads to a nonlinear algebraic system, our new method only involve a linear system with constant coefficient matrix. Taking the nonlinear Klein-Gordon equation for example, we derive the concrete energy-preserving scheme and demonstrate its high efficiency through numerical experiments.