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In this work, we study an inverse problem of recovering a space-time dependent diffusion coefficient in the subdiffusion model from the distributed observation, where the mathematical model involves a Djrbashian-Caputo fractional derivative…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-09-23 Bangti Jin , Zhi Zhou

A method is proposed for the calculation of diffusion constants for one-dimensional maps exhibiting deterministic diffusion. The procedure is based on harmonic inversion and uses a known relation between the diffusion constant and the…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2009-11-07 K. Weibert , J. Main , G. Wunner

This paper analyzes inverse scattering for the one-dimensional Helmholtz equation in the case where the wave speed is piecewise constant. Scattering data recorded for an arbitrarily small interval of frequencies is shown to determine the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-08-26 Sophia Bugarija , Peter C. Gibson , Guanghui Hu , Peijun Li , Yue Zhao

This article is concerned with an inverse problem of simultaneously determining a spatially varying coefficient and a Robin coefficient for a one-dimensional fractional diffusion equation with a time-fractional derivative of order…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-10-23 Xiaohua Jing , Zhiyuan Li , Masahiro Yamamoto

Fractional equations appear in the description of the dynamics of various physical systems. For Lagrangian systems, the embedding theory developped by Cresson ["Fractional embedding of differential operators and Lagrangian systems", J.…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2008-08-14 Pierre Inizan

The paper deals with homogenization and higher order approximations of solutions to nonlocal evolution equations of convolution type whose coefficients are periodic in the spatial variables and random stationary in time. We assume that the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-11 Marina Kleptsyna , Andrey Piatnitski , Alexandre Popier

This paper is devoted to the investigation of the backward problem for a multi-term time-fractional diffusion equation. Backward problems for fractional diffusion equations are typically studied using regularization methods due to their…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-04-13 Ravshan Ashurov , Damir Shamuratov

This study explores the use of fractional calculus as a possible tool to model wave propagation in complex, heterogeneous media. We illustrate the methodology by focusing on elastic wave propagation in a one-dimensional periodic rod. The…

Classical Physics · Physics 2018-12-05 John Hollkamp , Mihir Sen , Fabio Semperlotti

We consider the problem of homogenizing the Maxwell equations for periodic composites. The analysis is based on Bloch-Floquet theory. We calculate explicitly the reflection coefficient for a half-space, and derive and implement a…

Optics · Physics 2015-03-17 Vadim A. Markel , John C. Schotland

We consider the inverse problem of reconstructing inhomogeneities by performing a finite number of scattering measurements of acoustic type in the time-harmonic setting. We set up the reconstruction as a fully discrete variational problem…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-02-24 Daniela Di Donato , Luca Rondi

We construct a novel estimator for the diffusion coefficient of the limiting homogenized equation, when observing the slow dynamics of a multiscale model, in the case when the slow dynamics are of bounded variation. Previous research…

Statistics Theory · Mathematics 2018-07-04 Theodoros Manikas , Anastasia Papavasiliou

A version of fractional diffusion on bounded domains, subject to 'homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions' is derived from a kinetic transport model with homogeneous inflow boundary conditions. For nonconvex domains, the result differs…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-07-05 Pedro Aceves-Sanchez , Christian Schmeiser

It is shown that the diffusion equation and its adjoint (time reversed) equation can be derived with only a few assumptions, using an information-theoretic approach based on the principle of minimum Fisher information

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 Marcel Reginatto , Florian Lengyel

We examine initial-boundary value problems for diffusion equations with distributed order time-fractional derivatives. We prove existence and uniqueness results for the weak solution to these systems, together with its continuous dependency…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-09-21 Zhiyuan Li , Yavar Kian , Eric Soccorsi

This contribution considers the time-fractional subdiffusion with a time-dependent variable-order fractional operator of order $\beta(t)$. It is assumed that $\beta(t)$ is a piecewise constant function with a finite number of jumps. A proof…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-04-04 Yavar Kian , Marián Slodička , Éric Soccorsi , Karel Van Bockstal

For the time-parallel Parareal method, there exists both numerical and analytical proof that it converges very well for diffusive problems like the heat equation. Many applications, however, do not lead to simple homogeneous diffusive…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-03-18 Daniel Ruprecht , Robert Speck , Rolf Krause

We consider the general problem of the first passage distribution of particles whose displacements are subject to time delays. We show that this problem gives rise to a \emph{propagation-dispersion equation} which is obtained as the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-10 Jean Pierre Boon , Patrick Grosfils , James F. Lutsko

We present a finite element approach for diffusion problems with thermal fluctuations based on a fluctuating hydrodynamics model. The governing transport equations are stochastic partial differential equations with a fluctuating forcing…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-03-21 P. Martínez-Lera , M. De Corato

In the present work, we explore homogenization techniques for a class of switching diffusion processes whose drift and diffusion coefficients, and jump intensities are smooth, spatially periodic functions; we assume full coupling between…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-07-01 Chetan D. Pahlajani

We consider fractional variants of divergence form problems with highly oscillatory local coefficients. We characterise the convergence of these coefficients by means of classical $H$-convergence covering the local behaviour of the…

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