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We propose a novel non-compact, positivity-preserving scheme for linear non-divergence form elliptic equations. Based on the Feynman--Kac formula, the solution is represented as a conditional expectation associated with a diffusion…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-04-06 Haoran Xu , Kunyang Li , Xingye Yue

In this article, we have developed a higher order compact numerical method for variable coefficient parabolic problems with mixed derivatives. The finite difference scheme, presented here for two-dimensional domains, is based on fourth…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2013-12-19 Shuvam Sen

This article provides a new theory for the analysis of forward and backward particle approximations of Feynman-Kac models. Such formulae are found in a wide variety of applications and their numerical (particle) approximation are required…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2014-11-17 Hock Peng Chan , Pierre Del Moral , Ajay Jasra

Functionals of Brownian/non-Brownian motions have diverse applications and attracted a lot of interest of scientists. This paper focuses on deriving the forward and backward fractional Feynman-Kac equations describing the distribution of…

Data Analysis, Statistics and Probability · Physics 2016-04-06 Xiaochao Wu , Weihua Deng , Eli Barkai

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…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-11-07 Béla J. Szekeres , Ferenc Izsák

In this paper, a new family of implicit compact finite difference schemes for computation of unsteady convection-diffusion equation with variable convection coefficient is proposed. The schemes are fourth order accurate in space and second…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-01-17 Shuvam Sen

We establish quantitative compactness estimates for finite difference schemes used to solve nonlinear conservation laws. These equations involve a flux function $f(k(x,t),u)$, where the coefficient $k(x,t$ is $BV$-regular and may exhibit…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-10-31 Kenneth H. Karlsen , John D. Towers

In backward error analysis, an approximate solution to an equation is compared to the exact solution to a nearby modified equation. In numerical ordinary differential equations, the two agree up to any power of the step size. If the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-07-21 Robert I McLachlan , Christian Offen

The multi-term time-fractional mixed diffusion-wave equations (TFMDWEs) are considered and the numerical method with its error analysis is presented in this paper. First, a $L2$ approximation is proved with first order accuracy to the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-07-26 Zhao-peng Hao , Guang Lin

Discretizations of the Feynman-Kac path integral representation of the quantum mechanical density matrix are investigated. Each infinite-dimensional path integral is approximated by a Riemann integral over a finite-dimensional function…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Stephen D. Bond , Brian B. Laird , Benedict J. Leimkuhler

This article presents a finite element scheme with Newton's method for solving the time-fractional nonlinear diffusion equation. For time discretization, we use the fractional Crank-Nicolson scheme based on backward Euler convolution…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-11-26 Dileep Kumar , Sudhakar Chaudhary , V. V. K Srinivas Kumar

This paper provides a theoretical framework of deriving the forward and backward Feynman-Kac equations for the distribution of functionals of the path of a particle undergoing both diffusion and chemical reaction. Very general forms of the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-03-20 Ru Hou , Weihua Deng

The continuous time random walk (CTRW) underlies many fundamental processes in non-equilibrium statistical physics. When the jump length of CTRW obeys a power-law distribution, its corresponding Fokker-Planck equation has space fractional…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-06-28 Yanyan Yu , Weihua Deng , Yujiang Wu

Fractional Klein-Kramers equation can well describe subdiffusion in phase space. In this paper, we develop the fully discrete scheme for fractional Klein-Kramers equation based on the backward Euler convolution quadrature and local…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-12-13 Jing Sun , Daxin Nie , Weihua Deng

The Feynman-Kac formulae (FKF) express local solutions of partial differential equations (PDEs) as expectations with respect to some complementary stochastic differential equation (SDE). Repeatedly sampling paths from the complementary SDE…

Methodology · Statistics 2016-03-15 Jake Carson , Murray Pollock , Mark Girolami

This paper detailedly discusses the locally one-dimensional numerical methods for efficiently solving the three-dimensional fractional partial differential equations, including fractional advection diffusion equation and Riesz fractional…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-07-07 Weihua Deng , Minghua Chen

We derive backward and forward fractional Schr\"odinger type of equations for the distribution of functionals of the path of a particle undergoing anomalous diffusion. Fractional substantial derivatives introduced by Friedrich and…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2010-03-17 Lior Turgeman , Shai Carmi , Eli Barkai

Finite difference approximation, in addition to Taylor truncation errors, introduces numerical dispersion-and-dissipation errors into numerical solutions of partial differential equations. We analyze a class of finite difference schemes…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-09-12 Yi-Hung Kuo , Long Lee , Gregory Lyng

In this paper, a compact alternating direction implicit (ADI) finite difference scheme for the two-dimensional time fractional diffusion-wave equation is developed, with temporal and spatial accuracy order equal to two and four…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-04-15 Zhibo Wang , Seakweng Vong

In this paper, a higher order finite difference scheme is proposed for Generalized Fractional Diffusion Equations (GFDEs). The fractional diffusion equation is considered in terms of the generalized fractional derivatives (GFDs) which uses…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-06-08 Kamlesh Kumar , Rajesh K. Pandey