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First, the fractional step method was applied to decompose the equations into one-dimensional forms. Then, implicit finite difference approximations were used to solve the resulting one-dimensional equations. To assess the accuracy of the proposed approach, we tested it on two benchmark problems and compared the results with existing methods in the literature. Additionally, the symmetry of the solution graphs was analyzed to gain deeper insight into the results. Stability analysis using the von Neumann method confirmed that the proposed approach is unconditionally stable. 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