Numerical dynamics of integrodifference equations: Hierarchies of invariant bundles in $L^p(\Omega)$

Abstract

We study how the "full hierarchy" of invariant manifolds for nonautonomous integrodifference equations on the Banach spaces of $p$-integrable functions behaves under spatial discretization of Galerkin type. These manifolds include the classical stable, center-stable, center, center-unstable and unstable ones, and can be represented as graphs of $C^m$-functions. For kernels with a smoothing property, our main result establishes closeness of these graphs in the $C^{m-1}$-topology under numerical discretizations preserving the convergence order of the method. It is formulated in a quantitative fashion and technically results from a general perturbation theorem on the existence of invariant bundles (i.e.\ nonautonomous invariant manifolds).