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In this work, an inverse problem in the fractional diffusion equation with random source is considered. Statistical moments are used of the realizations of single point observation $u(x_0,t,\omega).$ We build the representation of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-11-04 Chan Liu , Jin Wen , Zhidong Zhang

In this article, we consider the space-time Fractional (nonlocal) diffusion equation $$\partial_t^\beta u(t,x)={\mathtt{L}_D^{\alpha_1,\alpha_2}} u(t,x), \ \ t\geq 0, \ x\in D, $$ where $\partial_t^\beta$ is the Caputo fractional derivative…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-05-19 Ngartelbaye Guerngar , Erkan Nane , Süleyman Ulusoy , Hans Werner Van Wyk

In this article, we investigate both forward and backward problems for coupled systems of time-fractional diffusion equations, encompassing scenarios of strong coupling. For the forward problem, we establish the well-posedness of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-08-19 Dian Feng , Yikan Liu , Shuai Lu

We study a Caputo time fractional degenerate diffusion equation which we prove to be equivalent to the fractional parabolic obstacle problem, showing that its solution evolves for any $\alpha\in(0,1)$ to the same stationary state, the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-12-23 Carlo Alberini , Raffaela Capitanelli , Mirko D'Ovidio , Stefano Finzi Vita

This study addresses the inverse source problem for the fractional diffusion-wave equation, characterized by a source comprising spatial and temporal components. The investigation is primarily concerned with practical scenarios where data…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-04-22 Lingyun Qiu , Jiwoon Sim

We begin with a treatment of the Caputo time-fractional diffusion equation, by using the Laplace transform, to obtain a Volterra intego-differential equation where we may examine the weakly singular nature of this convolution…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-01-27 Wesley Davis , Richard Noren , Ke Shi

We study some inverse problems for time-fractional Schr\"odinger equations involving the Caputo derivative of fractional order $\alpha \in (0,1)$. We prove refined uniqueness results from sets of positive Lebesgue measure for various…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-13 S. E. Chorfi , F. Et-tahri , L. Maniar , M. Yamamoto

The solution of a Caputo time fractional diffusion equation of order $0<\alpha<1$ is expressed in terms of the solution of a corresponding integer order diffusion equation. We demonstrate a linear time mapping between these solutions that…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-04-28 Peter W. Stokes , Bronson Philippa , Wayne Read , Ronald D. White

The backwards diffusion equation is one of the classical ill-posed inverse problems, related to a wide range of applications, and has been extensively studied over the last 50 years. One of the first methods was that of {\it…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-10-08 Barbara Kaltenbacher , William Rundell

In this work, we study the inverse problem of recovering a potential coefficient in the subdiffusion model, which involves a Djrbashian-Caputo derivative of order $\alpha\in(0,1)$ in time, from the terminal data. We prove that the inverse…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-09-09 Bangti Jin , Zhi Zhou

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

This paper investigates an inverse source problem for a multi-term time-fractional diffusion equation with Caputo derivatives. The source term is separable as \(f(x)g(t)\), with the unknown spatial component \(f(x)\) reconstructed from an…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-03 Ravshan Ashurov , Damir Shamuratov

In this work the authors consider an inverse source problem in the following stochastic fractional diffusion equation $$\partial_t^\alpha u(x,t)+\mathcal{A} u(x,t)=f(x)h(t)+g(x) \dot{\mathbb{W}}(t).$$ The interested inverse problem is to…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-10-09 Pingping Niu , Tapio Helin , Zhidong Zhang

This paper explores the forward and inverse problems for a fractional subdiffusion equation characterized by time-dependent diffusion and reaction coefficients. Initially, the forward problem is examined, and its unique solvability is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-11-10 Ravshan Ashurov , Elbek Husanov

We consider the terminal value problem (or called final value problem, initial inverse problem, backward in time problem) of determining the initial value, in a general class of time-fractional wave equations with Caputo derivative, from a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-10-15 Nguyen Huy Tuan , Tomás Caraballo , Tran Bao Ngoc , Yong Zhou

In this paper, we are concerned with the stochastic time-fractional diffusion-wave equations in a Hilbert space. The main objective of this paper is to establish properties of the stochastic weak solutions of the initial-boundary value…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-06-28 Matti Lassas , Zhiyuan Li , Zhidong Zhang

In this paper, we deal with the inverse source problem of determining a source in a time fractional diffusion equation where data are given at a fixed time. This problem is ill-posed, i.e., the solution does not depend continuously on the…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-11-29 Tuan Nguyen Huy , Erkan Nane

The time-fractional diffusion-wave equation is revisited, where the time derivative is of order $2 \nu$ and $0 < \nu \le 1$. The behaviour of the equation is "diffusion-like" (respectively, "wave-like") when $0 < \nu \le \frac{1}{2}$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-10-25 Marianito R. Rodrigo

In the Hilbert space $H$, the inverse problem of determining the right-hand side of the abstract subdiffusion equation with the fractional Caputo derivative is considered. For the forward problem, a non-local in time condition $u(0)=u(T)$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-08-11 Ravshan Ashurov , Marjona Shakarova

Taking into account the asymptotic behavior of some Wright functions and the existence of bounds for the Mainardi and the Wright function $W(-x,\frac{\alpha}{2}, 1)$ in $\mathbb{R}^+$ , three different initial-boundary-value problems for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-07-28 Demian Goos , Gabriela Reyero , Sabrina Roscani , Eduardo Santillan Marcus