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Numerical solution of fractional order diffusion problems with Neumann boundary conditions

Numerical Analysis 2014-11-07 v1

Abstract

A finite difference numerical method is investigated for fractional order diffusion problems in one space dimension. For this, a mathematical model is developed to incorporate homogeneous Dirichlet and Neumann type boundary conditions. The models are based on an appropriate extension of the initial values. The well-posedness of the obtained initial value problems is proved and it is pointed out that the extensions are compatible with the above boundary conditions. Accordingly, a finite difference scheme is constructed for the Neumann problem using the shifted Gr\"unwald--Letnikov approximation of the fractional order derivatives, which is based on infinite many basis points. The corresponding matrix is expressed in a closed form and the convergence of an appropriate implicit Euler scheme is proved.

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@article{arxiv.1411.1596,
  title  = {Numerical solution of fractional order diffusion problems with Neumann boundary conditions},
  author = {Béla J. Szekeres and Ferenc Izsák},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1411.1596},
  year   = {2014}
}
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