Finite Difference Schemes for the Variable Coefficients Single and Multi-Term Time-Fractional Diffusion Equations with Non-Smooth Solutions on Graded and Uniform Meshes

Finite Difference Schemes for the Variable Coefficients Single and Multi-Term Time-Fractional Diffusion Equations with Non-Smooth Solutions on Graded and Uniform Meshes

Year:    2019

Numerical Mathematics: Theory, Methods and Applications, Vol. 12 (2019), Iss. 3 : pp. 845–866

Abstract

Finite difference scheme for the variable coefficients subdiffusion equations with non-smooth solutions is constructed and analyzed. The spatial derivative is discretized on a uniform mesh, and $L$1 approximation is used for the discretization of the fractional time derivative on a possibly graded mesh. Stability of the proposed scheme is given using the discrete energy method. The numerical scheme is $\mathcal{O}$ ($N$−min{2−$α$,$rα$}) accurate in time, where $α$ (0 < $α$ < 1) is the order of the fractional time derivative, $r$ is an index of the mesh partition, and it is second order accurate in space. Extension to multi-term time-fractional problems with nonhomogeneous boundary conditions is also discussed, with the stability and error estimate proved both in the discrete $l$2-norm and the $l$-norm on the nonuniform temporal mesh. Numerical results are given for both the two-dimensional single and multi-term time-fractional equations.

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Journal Article Details

Publisher Name:    Global Science Press

Language:    English

DOI:    https://doi.org/10.4208/nmtma.OA-2018-0046

Numerical Mathematics: Theory, Methods and Applications, Vol. 12 (2019), Iss. 3 : pp. 845–866

Published online:    2019-01

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Copyright:    COPYRIGHT: © Global Science Press

Pages:    22

Keywords:    Fractional diffusion equation graded mesh multi-term variable coefficients low regularity stability and convergence analysis.

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