Mathematical Theory and Applications ›› 2021, Vol. 41 ›› Issue (1): 112-125.

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The Comparison of Three Different Solution Decomposition Schemes for Poisson-Boltzmann Models

  

  1. 1.School of Mathematics and Statistics, Hunan Provincial Key Laboratory of Mathematical Modeling and Analysis in Engineering, Changsha University of Science and Technology, Changsha 410114, China; 2.School of Mathematics and Statistics, HNP-LAMA, Central South University, Changsha 410083, China
  • Online:2021-03-30 Published:2021-08-10
  • Contact: Ying Jinyong;E-mail:ying48882345@gmail.com
  • Supported by:
    This work was partially supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (Grant No. 11701576 and 11501053), the Natural Science Foundation of Hunan Province (Grant No. 2019JJ50786), and Changsha University of Science and Technology (Grant No. JG2019YB16) .

Abstract: To deal with the singularity in Poisson-Boltzmann models, which is caused by fixed charge distribution in biomolecules, several decomposition schemes have been proposed in literatures. In this paper, three commonly-used decomposition schemes for Poisson-Boltzmann models are reviewed and compared. That is, a two-term decomposition scheme, a three-term decomposition in biomolecular domain only, and a three-term decomposition in the whole domain. Numerical tests on a Born ball model with analytical solution show the performance of each scheme.