We study the nonlinear evolution of the resistive tearing mode in slab geometry in two dimensions. We show that, in the strongly driven regime (large delta'), a collapse of the X point occurs once the island width exceeds a certain critical value approximately 1/delta'. A current sheet is formed and the reconnection is exponential in time with a growth rate proportional eta(1/2), where eta is the resistivity. If the aspect ratio of the current sheet is sufficiently large, the sheet can itself become tearing-mode unstable, giving rise to secondary islands, which then coalesce with the original island. The saturated state depends on the value of delta'. For small delta', the saturation amplitude is proportional delta' and quantitatively agrees with the theoretical prediction. If delta' is large enough for the X-point collapse to have occurred, the saturation amplitude increases noticeably and becomes independent of delta'.
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