A new multi-symplectic scheme for the generalized Kadomtsev–Petviashvili equation Original Research Article

We propose a new scheme for the generalized Kadomtsev–Petviashvili (KP) equation. The multi-symplectic conservation property of the new scheme is proved. Back error analysis shows that the new multi-symplectic scheme has second order accuracy in space and time. Numerical application on studying the KPI equation and the KPII equation are presented in detail.