A new linear and conservative finite difference scheme which preserves discrete mass and energy is developed for the two-dimensional Gross–Pitaevskii equation with angular momentum rotation. In addition to the energy estimate method and mathematical induction, we use the lifting technique as well as some well-known inequalities to establish the optimal $H^{1}$-error estimate for the proposed scheme with no restrictions on the grid ratio. Unlike the existing numerical solutions which are of second-order accuracy at the most, the convergence rate of the numerical solution is proved to be of order $O(h^{4}+\unicode[STIX]{x1D70F}^{2})$ with time step $\unicode[STIX]{x1D70F}$ and mesh size $h$. Numerical experiments have been carried out to show the efficiency and accuracy of our new method.

The fourth order average vector field (AVF) method is applied to solve the “Good” Boussinesq equation. The semi-discrete system of the “good” Boussinesq equation obtained by the pseudo-spectral method in spatial variable, which is a classical finite dimensional Hamiltonian system, is discretizated by the fourth order average vector field method. Thus, a new high order energy conservation scheme of the “good” Boussinesq equation is obtained. Numerical experiments confirm that the new high order scheme can preserve the discrete energy of the “good” Boussinesq equation exactly and simulate evolution of different solitary waves well.