TY - GEN A1 - Weiser, Martin T1 - Pointwise Nonlinear Scaling for Reaction-Diffusion-Equations N2 - Parabolic reaction-diffusion systems may develop sharp moving reaction fronts which pose a challenge even for adaptive finite element methods. We propose a method to transform the equation into an equivalent form that usually exhibits solutions which are easier to discretize, giving higher accuracy for a given number of degrees of freedom. The transformation is realized as an efficiently computable pointwise nonlinear scaling that is optimized for prototypical planar travelling wave solutions of the underlying reaction-diffusion equation. The gain in either performance or accuracy is demonstrated on different numerical examples. T3 - ZIB-Report - 07-45 KW - reaction-diffusion equations KW - travelling waves KW - nonlinear scaling KW - discretization error Y1 - 2007 UR - https://opus4.kobv.de/opus4-zib/frontdoor/index/index/docId/1049 UR - https://nbn-resolving.org/urn:nbn:de:0297-zib-10493 SN - 1438-0064 ER -