@Article{IJNAM-12-2, author = {}, title = {Improved Error Estimates of a Finite Difference/Spectral Method for Time-Fractional Diffusion Equations}, journal = {International Journal of Numerical Analysis and Modeling}, year = {2015}, volume = {12}, number = {2}, pages = {384--400}, abstract = {

In this paper, we first consider the numerical method that Lin and Xu proposed and analyzed in [Finite difference/spectral approximations for the time-fractional diffusion equation, JCP 2007] for the time-fractional diffusion equation. It is a method based on the combination of a finite different scheme in time and spectral method in space. The numerical analysis carried out in that paper showed that the scheme is of $(2-\alpha)$-order convergence in time and spectral accuracy in space for smooth solutions, where $\alpha$ is the time-fractional derivative order. The main purpose of this paper consists in refining the analysis and providing a sharper estimate for both time and space errors. More precisely, we improve the error estimates by giving a more accurate coefficient in the time error term and removing the factor in the space error term, which grows with decreasing time step. Then the theoretical results are validated by a number of numerical tests.

}, issn = {2617-8710}, doi = {https://doi.org/2015-IJNAM-495}, url = {https://global-sci.com/article/83300/improved-error-estimates-of-a-finite-differencespectral-method-for-time-fractional-diffusion-equations} }