We develop a new dispersion minimizing compact finite difference scheme for the Helmholtz equation in 2 and 3 dimensions. The scheme is based on a newly developed ray theory for difference equations. A discrete Helmholtz operator and a discrete operator to be applied to the source and the wavefields are constructed. Their coefficients are piecewise polynomial functions of $hk$, chosen such that phase and amplitude errors are minimal. The phase errors of the scheme are very small, approximately as small as those of the 2-D quasi-stabilized FEM method and substantially smaller than those of alternatives in 3-D, assuming the same number of gridpoints per wavelength is used. In numerical experiments, accurate solutions are obtained in constant and smoothly varying media using meshes with only five to six points per wavelength and wave propagation over hundreds of wavelengths. When used as a coarse level discretization in a multigrid method the scheme can even be used with downto three points per wavelength. Tests on 3-D examples with up to $10^8$ degrees of freedom show that with a recently developed hybrid solver, the use of coarser meshes can lead to corresponding savings in computation time, resulting in good simulation times compared to the literature.
Asymptotic dispersion correction for the isotropic elastic Helmholtz equation discretized with a MAC scheme
Université de Pau et des Pays de l’Adour（波城及阿杜尔地区大学）；Normandie University, INSA de Rouen Normandie（诺曼底大学，鲁昂诺曼底国立应用科学学院）；Ben-Gurion University of the Negev（内盖夫本-古里安大学）
Scalable Multigrid Solver for the Helmholtz Equation: Real-Shifted Coarse Grid Correction
Institute for Interdisciplinary Computational Science, the Stein Faculty of Computer and Information Science, Ben-Gurion University of the Negev（内盖夫本-古里安大学斯坦计算机与信息科学学院跨学科计算科学研究所）
