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Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-05-19 Bangti Jin , Yavar Kian , Zhi Zhou

This paper establishes explicit solutions for fractional diffusion problems on bounded domains. It also gives stochastic solutions, in terms of Markov processes time-changed by an inverse stable subordinator whose index equals the order of…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-04-22 Boris Baeumer , Tomasz Luks , Mark M. Meerschaert

This work considers a nonlinear inverse source problem in a coupled diffusion equation from the terminal observation. Theoretically, under some conditions on problem data, we build the uniqueness theorem for this inverse problem and show…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-04-29 Chunlong Sun , Wenlong Zhang , Zhidong Zhang

We establish the global existence and uniqueness of $L^1$-solutions to the Cauchy problem for time-fractional porous medium type nonlinear diffusion equations. Furthermore, we give the mass conservation law for $L^1$-solutions to…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-20 Mikiya Kametaka , Tatsuki Kawakami

We consider an inverse problem for a Westervelt type nonlinear wave equation with fractional damping. This equation arises in nonlinear acoustic imaging, and we show the forward problem is locally well-posed. We prove that the smooth…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-08-01 Li Li , Yang Zhang

In this manuscript we consider a porous medium equation with non-local diffusion effects given by a fractional heat operator $\partial_t + (-\Delta)^s$ in two space dimensions. Global in time existence of weak solutions is shown by…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-08-19 Luis Caffarelli , Maria Gualdani , Nicola Zamponi

We study an inverse source scattering problem for the Schr\"odinger equation with a quadratic nonlinearity. In general, uniqueness of inverse source problems can not be guaranteed at a fixed energy. Therefore, additional information is…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-03-22 Lei Zhang , Yue Zhao

The Cauchy problem for a multidimensional linear transport equation with discontinuous coefficient is investigated. Provided the coefficient satisfies a one-sided Lipschitz condition, existence, uniqueness and weak stability of solutions…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Francois James , Simona Mancini , Francois Bouchut

We consider an inverse problem for the linear one-dimensional wave equation with variable coefficients consisting in determining an unknown source term from a boundary observation. A method to obtain approximations of this inverse problem…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-01-22 Carlos Castro , Sorin Micu

This paper is concerned with the inverse random source problem for a stochastic time fractional diffusion equation, where the source is assumed to be driven by a Gaussian random field. The direct problem is shown to be well-posed by…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-12-22 Yuxuan Gong , Peijun Li , Xu Wang , Xiang Xu

We investigate the inverse problem consisting in the identification of constant coefficients for a fractional-in-time partial differential equation governed by a finite sum of positive self-adjoint operators on a Hilbert space under…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-07-15 Simone Creo , Maria Rosaria Lancia , Andrea Mola , Gianluca Mola , Silvia Romanelli

The aim of this paper is to study time-fractional pseudo-parabolic type equations generated by the Dunkl operator. The forward problem is considered and its well-posedness is established. In particular, a prior estimates are obtained in the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-08-03 Bayan Bekbolat , Niyaz Tokmagambetov

Given a connected compact Riemannian manifold $(M,g)$ without boundary, $\dim M\ge 2$, we consider a space--time fractional diffusion equation with an interior source that is supported on an open subset $V$ of the manifold. The…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-03-12 Tapio Helin , Matti Lassas , Lauri Ylinen , Zhidong Zhang

We consider an evolution equation with the regularized fractional derivative of an order $\alpha \in (0,1)$ with respect to the time variable, and a uniformly elliptic operator with variable coefficients acting in the spatial variables.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-06-26 Samuil D. Eidelman , Anatoly N. Kochubei

Of primary interest in this paper is the numerical approximation of a time dependent fractional, in space, diffusion equation where the domain is assumed to be nonhomogeneous, having different axial diffusion coefficients. This work is…

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Inverse problem for multi-term fractional parabolic equation in two dimensional space, involving m + 1 Caputo fractional derivatives in time, is investigated. Presence of nonlocal boundary conditions leads to a non-self-adjoint spectral…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-02-08 Muhammad Ali , Sara Aziz

We focus on open questions regarding the uniqueness of distributional solutions of the fast diffusion equation (FDE) with a given source term. When the source is sufficiently smooth, the uniqueness follows from standard results. Assuming…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-01-29 Marek Fila , Petra Macková

In this work, we investigate an inverse problem of recovering multiple orders in a time-fractional diffusion model from the data observed at one single point on the boundary. We prove the unique recovery of the orders together with their…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-11-17 Bangti Jin , Yavar Kian

In this paper, we discuss an initial-boundary value problem (IBVP) for the multi-term time-fractional diffusion equation with x-dependent coefficients. By means of the Mittag-Leffler functions and the eigenfunction expansion, we reduce the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-02-20 Zhiyuan Li , Xinchi Huang , Masahiro Yamamoto

This paper is concerned with the inverse spectral problem for the third-order differential equation with distribution coefficient. The inverse problem consists in the recovery of the differential expression coefficients from the spectral…

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