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We develop a fully discrete scheme for time-fractional diffusion equations by using a finite difference method in time and a finite element method in space. The fractional derivatives are used in Caputo sense. Stability and error estimates…

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This work is dedicated to the study of a mixed-type partial differential equation involving a Caputo fractional derivative in the time domain $t > 0$ and a classical parabolic equation in the domain $t < 0$, along with Dezin-type non-local…

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In this paper, we investigate a nonlinear inverse problem aimed at recovering a coefficient $a(t, x)$, dependent on both time and a subset of spatial variables, in a diffusion equation \( u_t - \Delta_x u - u_{yy} +a(t, x) u = f(t,x,y) \),…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-08-07 R. R. Ashurov , O. T. Mukhiddinova

In this work, we investigate the recovery of a parameter in a diffusion process given by the order of derivation in time for a class of diffusion type equations, including both classical and time-fractional diffusion equations, from the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-11-04 Bangti Jin , Yavar Kian

In this paper, we develop a numerical algorithm for an inverse problem on determining fractional orders of time derivatives simultaneously in a coupled subdiffusion system. Following the theoretical uniqueness, we reformulate the order…

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This paper deals with the unique continuation of solutions for a one-dimensional anomalous diffusion equation with Caputo derivative of order $\alpha\in(0,1)$. Firstly, the uniqueness of solutions to a lateral Cauchy problem for the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-06-19 Zhiyuan Li , Masahiro Yamamoto

The time fractional diffusion equation is obtained from the standard diffusion equation by replacing the first-order time derivative with a fractional derivative of order $\beta \in (0,1)$. The fundamental solution for the Cauchy problem is…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-05-27 Francesco Mainardi , Gianni Pagnini , Rudolf Gorenflo

In this work we prove the existence of solution for a class of perturbed fractional Hamiltonian systems given by \begin{eqnarray}\label{eq00} -{_{t}}D_{\infty}^{\alpha}(_{-\infty}D_{t}^{\alpha}u(t)) - L(t)u(t) + \nabla W(t,u(t)) = f(t),…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-02-28 César Torres

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

We study a porous medium equation with fractional potential pressure: $$ \partial_t u= \nabla \cdot (u^{m-1} \nabla p), \quad p=(-\Delta)^{-s}u, $$ for $m>1$, $0<s<1$ and $u(x,t)\ge 0$. To be specific, the problem is posed for $x\in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-11-28 Diana Stan , Félix del Teso , Juan Luis Vázquez

In this paper, we study the Cauchy problem of the fractional wave equation with time-dependent damping and the source nonlinearity $f(u)\approx |u|^p$: $$ \begin{cases} \partial_t^2u(t,x)+(-\Delta)^{\sigma/2} u(t,x)+b(t) \partial_t u(t,x)…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-09-04 Jiayun Lin , Masahiro Ikeda

We prove the uniqueness in determining a spatially varying zeroth-order coefficient of a one-dimensional time-fractional diffusion equation by initial value and Cauchy data at one end point of the spatial interval.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-09-04 Oleg Imanuvilov , Kazufumi Ito , Masahiro Yamamoto

This article deals with an inverse problem of identifying the fractional order in the 1D time fractional diffusion equation (TFDE in short) using the measurement at one space-time point. Based on the expression of the solution to the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-11-29 Yi Zhang , Xianzheng Jia , Gongsheng Li

We consider initial boundary value problems for one-dimensional diffusion equation with time-fractional derivative of order $\alpha \in (0,1)$ which are subject to non-zero Neumann boundary conditions. We prove the uniqueness for an inverse…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-09-25 W. Rundell , M. Yamamoto

The problem of recovering coefficients in a diffusion equation is one of the basic inverse problems. Perhaps the most important term is the one that couples the length and time scales and is often referred to as {\it the\/} diffusion…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-01-19 Barbara Kaltenbacher , William Rundell

In this paper, we prove sharp blow-up and global existence results for a time fractional diffusion-wave equation with a nonlinear memory term in a bounded domain, where the fractional derivative in time is taken in the sense of Caputo type.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-11-04 Quanguo Zhang

In this paper, we propose a novel numerical scheme for solving time-fractional reaction-diffusion problems with Robin boundary conditions, where the time derivative is in the Caputo sense of order $\alpha\in(0,1)$. The existence and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-09-23 Qian Luo , Aiguo Xiao , Xiaoqiang Yan , Jingmin Xia

In this article, we consider the following stochastic fractional diffusion equation \begin{equation*} \left(\partial^{\beta}+\dfrac{\nu}{2}\left(-\Delta\right)^{\alpha / 2}\right) u(t, x)= \lambda\: I_{0_+}^{\gamma}\left[u(t, x) \dot{W}(t,…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-03-22 Yuhui Guo , Jian Song , Xiaoming Song

A reaction-diffusion problem with a Caputo time derivative is considered. An integral discretization scheme on a graded mesh along with a decomposition of the exact solution is proposed. The truncation error estimate of the discretization…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-10-19 Zhongdi Cen , Jian Huang , Anbo Le , Aimin Xu

We consider the initial boundary value problem for the time-fractional diffusion equation with a homogeneous Dirichlet boundary condition and an inhomogeneous initial data $a(x)\in L^{2}(D)$ in a bounded domain $D\subset \mathbb{R}^d$ with…

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