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We develop a finite difference approximation of order $\alpha$ for the $\alpha$-fractional derivative. The weights of the approximation scheme have the same rate-matrix type properties as the popular Gr\"unwald scheme. In particular,…
A semilinear initial-boundary value problem with a Caputo time derivative of fractional order $\alpha\in(0,1)$ is considered, solutions of which typically exhibit a singular behaviour at an initial time. For L1-type discretizations of this…
Two fast L1 time-stepping methods, including the backward Euler and stabilized semi-implicit schemes, are suggested for the time-fractional Allen-Cahn equation with Caputo's derivative. The time mesh is refined near the initial time to…
This paper considers the temporal discretization of an inverse problem subject to a time fractional diffusion equation. Firstly, the convergence of the L1 scheme is established with an arbitrary sectorial operator of spectral angle $< \pi/2…
The fractional diffusion-wave equation (FDWE) is a recent generalization of diffusion and wave equations via time and space fractional derivatives. The equation underlies Levy random walk and fractional Brownian motion and is foremost…
Time-space fractional Bloch-Torrey equations (TSFBTEs) are developed by some researchers to investigate the relationship between diffusion and fractional-order dynamics. In this paper, we first propose a second-order implicit difference…
This paper focuses on providing the computation methods for the backward time tempered fractional Feynman-Kac equation, being one of the models recently proposed in [Wu, Deng, and Barkai, Phys. Rev. E, 84 (2016) 032151]. The discretization…
We propose an efficient algorithm for the approximation of fractional integrals by using Runge--Kutta based convolution quadrature. The algorithm is based on a novel integral representation of the convolution weights and a special…
In this paper, we discretize the Caputo time derivative of order \alpha \in (0,1) using the Alikhanov scheme on a quasi-graded temporal mesh, and employ the Newton linearization method to approximate the nonlinear term. This yields a…
This paper analyzes the well-known L1 scheme for fractional wave equations with nonsmooth data. A new stability estimate is obtained, and the temporal accuracy $ \mathcal O(\tau^{3-\alpha}) $ is derived for the nonsmooth initial data. In…
Finite difference method as a popular numerical method has been widely used to solve fractional diffusion equations. In the general spatial error analyses, an assumption $u\in C^{4}(\bar{\Omega})$ is needed to preserve $\mathcal{O}(h^{2})$…
Different relaxation approximations to partial differential equations, including conservation laws, Hamilton-Jacobi equations, convection-diffusion problems, gas dynamics problems, have been recently proposed. The present paper focuses onto…
In this paper, based on the developed nonlinear fourth-order operator and method of order reduction, a novel fourth-order compact difference scheme is constructed for the mixed-type time-fractional Burgers' equation, from which…
To achieve efficient and accurate long-time integration, we propose a fast, accurate, and stable high-order numerical method for solving fractional-in-space reaction-diffusion equations. The proposed method is explicit in nature and…
In this work, we study two-dimensional diffusion-wave equations with variable exponent, modeling mechanical diffusive wave propagation in viscoelastic media with spatially varying properties. We first transform the diffusion-wave model into…
Motivated by the problem of solving the Einstein equations, we discuss high order finite difference discretizations of first order in time, second order in space hyperbolic systems.Particular attention is paid to the case when first order…
A fourth-order compact scheme is proposed for a fourth-order subdiffusion equation with the first Dirichlet boundary conditions. The fourth-order problem is firstly reduced into a couple of spatially second-order system and we use an…
In this work, we propose an efficient finite element method for solving fractional Sturm-Liouville problems involving either the Caputo or Riemann-Liouville derivative of order $\alpha\in(1,2)$ on the unit interval $(0,1)$. It is based on…
We propose a piecewise-linear, time-stepping discontinuous Galerkin method to solve numerically a time fractional diffusion equation involving Caputo derivative of order $\mu\in (0,1)$ with variable coefficients. For the spatial…
We construct a three-point compact finite difference scheme on a non-uniform mesh for the time-fractional Black-Scholes equation. We show that for special graded meshes used in finance, the Tavella-Randall and the quadratic meshes the…