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In this work we present the logarithmic diffusion equation as a limit case when the index that characterizes a nonlinear Fokker-Planck equation, in its diffusive term, goes to zero. A linear drift and a source term are considered in this…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-08-31 I. T. Pedron , R. S. Mendes , T. J. Buratta , L. C. Malacarne , E. K. Lenzi

The nonlinear diffusion equation $\frac{\partial \rho}{\partial t}=D \tilde{\Delta} \rho^\nu$ is analyzed here, where $\tilde{\Delta}\equiv \frac{1}{r^{d-1}}\frac{\partial}{\partial r} r^{d-1-\theta} \frac{\partial}{\partial r}$, and $d$,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 L. C. Malacarne , R. S. Mendes , I. T. Pedron , E. K. Lenzi

We study the large time behavior of solutions to the Cauchy problem for the quasilinear absorption-diffusion equation $$ \partial_tu=\Delta u^m-|x|^{\sigma}u^p, \quad (x,t)\in\real^N\times(0,\infty), $$ with exponents $p>m>1$ and $\sigma>0$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-08-18 Razvan Gabriel Iagar , Diana-Rodica Munteanu

This work is concerned with the equation $ \partial_t \rho = \Delta_x \rho^m $, $ m > 1 $, known as the porous medium equation. It shows stability of the pressure of solutions close to flat travelling wave fronts in the homogeneous…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-03-03 Clemens Kienzler

In this work, we describe how to approximate solutions of some partial differential equations using the finite difference method defined on the Minkowski self-similar curve.

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-10-03 Nizare Riane , Claire David

The existence of nonnegative radially symmetric eternal solutions of exponential self-similar type $u(t,x)=e^{-p\beta t/(2-p)} f_\beta(|x|e^{-\beta t};\beta)$ is investigated for the singular diffusion equation with critical gradient…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-02-03 Razvan Gabriel Iagar , Philippe Laurencot

Finite difference methods (FDMs) are widely used for solving partial differential equations (PDEs) due to their relatively simple implementation. However, they face significant challenges when applied to non-rectangular domains and in…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-08 Bin Han , Jiwoon Sim

We consider a class of nonlinear fractional equations having the Caputo fractional derivative of the time variable $t$, the fractional order of the self-adjoint positive definite unbounded operator in a Hilbert space and a singular…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-02-18 Nguyen Minh Dien , Erkan Nane , Dang Duc Trong

In this paper, we discuss the uniqueness for solution to time-fractional diffusion equation $\partial_t^\alpha (u-u_0) + Au=0$ with the homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition, where an elliptic operator $-A$ is not necessarily symmetric.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-03-03 Daijun Jiang , Zhiyuan Li , Matthieu Pauron , Masahiro Yamamoto

We present and analyze a space-time Petrov-Galerkin finite element method for a time-fractional diffusion equation involving a Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative of order $\alpha\in(0,1)$ in time and zero initial data. We derive a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-07-26 Beiping Duan , Bangti Jin , Raytcho Lazarov , Joseph Pasciak , Zhi Zhou

We study solution techniques for parabolic equations with fractional diffusion and Caputo fractional time derivative, the latter being discretized and analyzed in a general Hilbert space setting. The spatial fractional diffusion is realized…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-03-05 Ricardo H. Nochetto , Enrique Otarola , Abner J. Salgado

We consider a zero-range process $\eta^N_t(x)$ with superlinear local jump rate, which in a hydrodynamic-small particle rescaling converges to the porous medium equation $\partial_t u=\frac12\Delta u^\alpha, \alpha>1$. As a main result we…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-02-11 Benjamin Gess , Daniel Heydecker

An implicit finite difference scheme based on the $L2$-$1_{\sigma}$ formula is presented for a class of one-dimensional time fractional reaction-diffusion equations with variable coefficients and time drift term. The unconditional stability…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-02-12 Yong-Liang Zhao , Pei-Yong Zhu , Xian-Ming Gu , Xi-Le Zhao

A hybridized discontinuous Galerkin method is proposed for solving 2D fractional convection-diffusion equations containing derivatives of fractional order in space on a finite domain. The Riemann-Liouville derivative is used for the spatial…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-07-12 Shuqin Wang , Jinyun Yuan , Weihua Deng , Yujiang Wu

We consider non-negative solutions to the semilinear space-fractional diffusion problem $(\partial_t+(-\Delta)^{\alpha/2})u=\rho(x)u^p$ on whole space $R^n$ with nonnegative initial data and with $(-\Delta)^{\alpha/2}$ being the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-06-06 Li Ma

In this paper we investigate the porous medium equation with a fractional temporal derivative. We justify that the resulting equation emerges when we consider the waiting-time (or trapping) phenomenon that can happen in the medium. Our…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-05-20 Łukasz Płociniczak

We consider the numerical solution of the equation - \Delta u - f(u) = g, for the unknown u satisfying Dirichlet conditions in a bounded domain. The nonlinearity f has bounded, continuous derivative. The algorithm uses the finite element…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2011-04-01 J. Cal Neto , C. Tomei

We study the hybridizable discontinuous Galerkin (HDG) method for the spatial discretization of time fractional diffusion models with Caputo derivative of order $0<\alpha<1$. For each time $t \in [0,T]$, the HDG approximations are taken to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-12-08 Kassem Mustapha , Maher Nour , Bernardo Cockburn

Integro-partial differential equations occur in many contexts in mathematical physics. Typical examples include time-dependent diffusion equations containing a parameter (e.g., the temperature) that depends on integrals of the unknown…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Peter A. Becker

We present a theory of well-posedness and a priori estimates for bounded distributional (or very weak) solutions of $$\partial_tu-\mathfrak{L}^{\sigma,\mu}[\varphi(u)]=g(x,t)\quad\quad\text{in}\quad\quad \mathbb{R}^N\times(0,T),$$ where…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-10-16 Félix del Teso , Jørgen Endal , Espen R. Jakobsen