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A finite element methodology for large classes of variational boundary value problems is defined which involves discretizing two linear operators: (1) the differential operator defining the spatial boundary value problem; and (2) a Riesz…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-12-08 Brendan Keith , Socratis Petrides , Federico Fuentes , Leszek Demkowicz

Diffusion is a fundamental physical phenomenon with critical applications in fields such as metallurgy, cell biology, and population dynamics. While standard diffusion is well-understood, anomalous diffusion often requires complex non-local…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2026-01-16 Gabriel Barreiro , Vladimir Pérez-Veloz

Anomalous relaxation and diffusion processes have been widely characterized by fractional derivative models, where the definition of the fractional-order derivative remains a historical debate due to the singular memory kernel that…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-06-17 HongGuang Sun , Xiaoxiao Hao , Yong Zhang , Dumitru Baleanu

We study a fully discrete finite element method for variable-order time-fractional diffusion equations with a time-dependent variable order. Optimal convergence estimates are proved with the first-order accuracy in time (and second order…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-05-15 Xiangcheng Zheng , Fanhai Zeng , Hong Wang

We introduce a variational multiscale closure modeling strategy for the numerical stabilization of proper orthogonal decomposition reduced-order models of convection-dominated equations. As a first step, the new model is analyzed and tested…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-03-19 Traian iliescu , Zhu Wang

An initial-boundary value problem for the time-fractional diffusion equation is discretized in space using continuous piecewise-linear finite elements on a polygonal domain with a re-entrant corner. Known error bounds for the case of a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-12-21 Kim Ngan Le , William McLean , Bishnu Lamichhane

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

In the present work, we propose a new parameterization for the concentration flux using fractional derivatives. The fractional order differential equation in the longitudinal and vertical directions is used to obtain the concentration…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2018-12-26 A. G. Goulart , M. J. Lazo , J. M. S. Suarez

Fractional diffusion equations replace the integer-order derivatives in space and time by their fractional-order analogues. They are used in physics to model anomalous diffusion. This paper develops strong solutions of space-time fractional…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-12-19 Zhen-Qing Chen , Mark M. Meerschaert , Erkan Nane

We study a second order scheme for spatial fractional differential equations with variable coefficients. Previous results mainly concentrate on equations with diffusion coefficients that are proportional to each other. In this paper, by…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-08-18 Seakweng Vong , Pin Lyu

This paper deals with fractional-order controlled systems and fractional-order controllers in the frequency domain. The mathematical description by fractional transfer functions and properties of these systems are presented. The new ways…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2007-05-23 I. Petras , L. Dorcak , P. O'Leary , B. M. Vinagre , I. Podlubny

We present a novel artificial diffusion method to circumvent the instabilities associated with the standard finite element approximation of convection-diffusion equations. Motivated by the micromorphic approach, we introduce an auxiliary…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-19 Soheil Firooz , B. Daya Reddy , Paul Steinmann

This work extends the applications of Anderson-type Hamiltonians to include transport characterized by anomalous diffusion. Herein, we investigate the transport properties of a one-dimensional disordered system that employs the discrete…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2020-03-06 J. L. Padgett , E. G. Kostadinova , C. D. Liaw , K. Busse , L. S. Matthews , T. W. Hyde

We focus here on a class of fourth-order parabolic equations that can be written as a system of second-order equations by introducing an auxiliary variable. We design a novel second-order fully discrete mixed finite element method to…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-08-28 Sana Keita , Abdelaziz Beljadid , Yves Bourgault

We deal with some extensions of the space-fractional diffusion equation, which is satisfied by the density of a stable process (see Mainardi, Luchko, Pagnini (2001)): the first equation considered here is obtained by adding an exponential…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-01-08 Luisa Beghin

Fractional Poisson processes, a rapidly growing area of non-Markovian stochastic processes, are useful in statistics to describe data from counting processes when waiting times are not exponentially distributed. We show that the fractional…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2013-10-14 Markus Kreer , Ayse Kizilersu , Anthony W. Thomas

This study presents a fractional-order continuum mechanics approach that allows combining selected characteristics of nonlocal elasticity, typical of classical integral and gradient formulations, under a single frame-invariant framework.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-05-21 Sansit Patnaik , Sai Sidhardh , Fabio Semperlotti

In this paper we consider a class of partial integro-differential equations of fractional order, motivated by an equation which arises as a result of modeling surface-volume reactions in optical biosensors. We solve these equations by…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2016-11-15 Ryan M. Evans , Udita N. Katugampola , David A. Edwards

The solution of pseudo initial value differential equations, either ordinary or partial (including those of fractional nature), requires the development of adequate analytical methods, complementing those well established in the ordinary…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2019-02-05 Nicolas Behr , Giuseppe Dattoli , Ambra Lattanzi

In this paper, two kinds of high-order compact finite difference schemes for second-order derivative are developed. Then a second-order numerical scheme for Riemann-Liouvile derivative is established based on fractional center difference…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-11-22 Hengfei Ding , Changpin Li