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Fractional diffusion equations interpolate between damping and waves

Mathematical Physics 2024-10-14 v1 Statistical Mechanics High Energy Physics - Theory math.MP

Abstract

The behaviour of the solutions of the time-fractional diffusion equation, based on the Caputo derivative, is studied and its dependence on the fractional exponent is analysed. The time-fractional convection-diffusion equation is also solved and an application to Pennes bioheat model is presented. Generically, a wave-like transport at short times passes over to a diffusion-like behaviour at later times.

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@article{arxiv.2403.04887,
  title  = {Fractional diffusion equations interpolate between damping and waves},
  author = {Andy Manapany and Sébastien Fumeron and Malte Henkel},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2403.04887},
  year   = {2024}
}
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