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In this paper, the one-dimensional time-fractional diffusion-wave equation with the fractional derivative of order $1 \le \alpha \le 2$ is revisited. This equation interpolates between the diffusion and the wave equations that behave quite…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-01-14 Yuri Luchko , Francesco Mainardi , Yuriy Povstenko

In this work, a time-fractional nonlocal diffusion equation is considered. Based on the $L2$-$1_{\sigma}$ scheme on a graded mesh in time and the standard finite element method (FEM) in space, the fully-discrete $L2$-$1_{\sigma}$ finite…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-06-06 Pari J. Kundaliya

This contribution considers the time-fractional subdiffusion with a time-dependent variable-order fractional operator of order $\beta(t)$. It is assumed that $\beta(t)$ is a piecewise constant function with a finite number of jumps. A proof…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-04-04 Yavar Kian , Marián Slodička , Éric Soccorsi , Karel Van Bockstal

This paper is devoted to the inverse problem of determining the spatially dependent source in a time fractional diffusion-wave equation, with the aid of extra measurement data at subboundary. Uniqueness result is obtained by using the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-12-08 Xing Cheng , Zhiyuan Li

We present a general framework for the rigorous numerical analysis of time-fractional nonlinear parabolic partial differential equations, with a fractional derivative of order $\alpha\in(0,1)$ in time. The framework relies on three…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-12-05 Bangti Jin , Buyang Li , Zhi Zhou

We develop a new finite difference scheme for the Maxwell-Stefan diffusion system. The scheme is conservative, energy stable and positivity-preserving. These nice properties stem from a variational structure and are proved by reformulating…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-05-19 Xiaokai Huo , Hailiang Liu , Athanasios E. Tzavaras , Shuaikun Wang

The shifted fractional trapezoidal rule (SFTR) with a special shift is adopted to construct a finite difference scheme for the time-fractional Allen-Cahn (tFAC) equation. Some essential key properties of the weights of SFTR are explored for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-02-28 Guoyu Zhang , Chengming Huang , Anatoly A. Alikhanov , Baoli Yin

In this paper, uniformly unconditionally stable first and second order finite difference schemes are developed for kinetic transport equations in the diffusive scaling. We first derive an approximate evolution equation for the macroscopic…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-11-10 Guoliang Zhang , Hongqiang Zhu , Tao Xiong

We investigate a local modification of a variable-order fractional wave equation, which describes the propagation of diffusive wave in viscoelastic media with evolving physical property. We incorporate an equivalent formulation to prove the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-11 Jinhong Jia , Chuanting Jiang , Yiqun Li , Mengmeng Liu , Wenlin Qiu

Fractional difference equations provide a flexible mathematical framework for modeling complex systems with memory, hereditary, and non-local effects. In this work, we study the stability of higher-order two-term fractional linear…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2026-03-25 Janardhan Chevala , Sachin Bhalekar

In this paper, we deal with analysis of the initial-boundary value problems for the semilinear time-fractional diffusion equations, while the case of the linear equations was considered in the first part of the present work. These equations…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-11-11 Yuri Luchko , Masahiro Yamamoto

The present work proposes a second-order time splitting scheme for a linear dispersive equation with a variable advection coefficient subject to transparent boundary conditions. For its spatial discretization, a dual Petrov--Galerkin method…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-06-09 Lukas Einkemmer , Alexander Ostermann , Mirko Residori

In this contribution, a wave equation with a time-dependent variable-order fractional damping term and a nonlinear source is considered. Avoiding the circumstances of expressing the nonlinear variable-order fractional wave equations via…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-07-17 Karel Van Bockstal , Mahmoud A. Zaky , Ahmed S. Hendy

The aim of this paper is to obtain a posteriori error bounds of optimal order in time and space for the linear second-order wave equation discretized by the Newmark scheme in time and the finite element method in space. Error estimates are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-09-22 Olga Gorynina , Alexei Lozinski , Marco Picasso

A time-stepping $L1$ scheme for solving a time fractional Fokker-Planck equation of order $\alpha \in (0, 1)$, with a general driving force, is investigated. A stability bound for the semi-discrete solution is obtained for…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-06-29 Kassem Mustapha , Omar M. Knio , Olivier P. Le Maître

This paper focuses on a nonlinear convection-diffusion equation with space and time-fractional Laplacian operators of orders $1<\beta<2$ and $0<\alpha\leq1$, respectively. We develop local discontinuous Galerkin methods, including Legendre…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-11 Majid Rajabzadeh , Moein Khalighi

We propose a structure-preserving finite difference scheme for the Cahn-Hilliard equation with a dynamic boundary condition using the discrete variational derivative method (DVDM). In this approach, it is important and essential how to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-07-17 Makoto Okumura , Takeshi Fukao , Daisuke Furihata , Shuji Yoshikawa

We use high order finite difference methods to solve the wave equation in the second order form. The spatial discretization is performed by finite difference operators satisfying a summation-by-parts property. The focus of this work is on…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-02-08 Siyang Wang , Kristoffer Virta , Gunilla Kreiss

Standard finite difference (SFD) schemes often suffer from limited stability regions, especially when applied in explicit setup to partial differential equations. To address this challenge, this study investigates the efficacy of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-20 Shweta Kumari , Mani Mehra

We construct and analyze a strongly consistent second-order finite difference scheme for the steady two-dimensional Stokes flow. The pressure Poisson equation is explicitly incorporated into the scheme. Our approach suggested by the first…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-09-05 Yury A. Blinkov , Vladimir P. Gerdt , Dmitry A. Lyakhov , Dominik L. Michels