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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

The stochastic solution with Gaussian stationary increments is establihsed for the symmetric space-time fractional diffusion equation when $0 < \beta < \alpha \le 2$, where $0 < \beta \le 1$ and $0 < \alpha \le 2$ are the fractional…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-03-18 Gianni Pagnini , Paolo Paradisi

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 are concerned with the analysis on the numerical reconstruction of the spatial component in the source term of a time-fractional diffusion equation. This ill-posed problem is solved through a stabilized nonlinear…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-05-06 Daijun Jiang , Yikan Liu , Dongling Wang

In the paper, we utilize the fractional differential transformation (FDT) to solving singular initial value problem of fractional Emden-Fowler type differential equations. The solutions of our model equations are calculated in the form of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-12-20 Josef Rebenda , Zdeněk Šmarda

The fractional diffusion equation is derived from the master equation of continuous-time random walks (CTRWs) via a straightforward application of the Gnedenko-Kolmogorov limit theorem. The Cauchy problem for the fractional diffusion…

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks · Physics 2016-11-23 Enrico Scalas , Rudolf Gorenflo , Francesco Mainardi , Marco Raberto

A physical-mathematical approach to anomalous diffusion may be based on generalized diffusion equations (containing derivatives of fractional order in space or/and time) and related random walk models. The fundamental solution (for the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-09-25 Rudolf Gorenflo , Francesco Mainardi , Daniele Moretti , Gianni Pagnini , Paolo Paradisi

Fractional derivatives can be used to model time delays in a diffusion process. When the order of the fractional derivative is distributed over the unit interval, it is useful for modeling a mixture of delay sources. In some special cases…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-11-29 Jebessa B. Mijena , Erkan Nane

Anomalous transport in a tilted periodic potential is investigated numerically within the framework of the fractional Fokker-Planck dynamics via the underlying CTRW. An efficient numerical algorithm is developed which is applicable for an…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 E. Heinsalu , M. Patriarca , I. Goychuk , G. Schmid , P. Hänggi

We start with a general governing equation for diffusion transport, written in a conserved form, in which the phenomenological flux laws can be constructed in a number of alternative ways. We pay particular attention to flux laws that can…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-02-22 Tokinaga Namba , Piotr Rybka , Vaughan Voller

We study a fractional reaction-diffusion system with two types of variables: activator and inhibitor. The interactions between components are modeled by cubical nonlinearity. Linearization of the system around the homogeneous state provides…

Pattern Formation and Solitons · Physics 2007-05-23 V. Gafiychuk , B. Datsko , V. Meleshko

In this paper, the one-dimensional time-fractional diffusion-wave equation with the fractional derivative of order $1 \le \alpha \le 2$ is revisited. This equation interpolates between the diffusion and the wave equations that behave quite…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-01-14 Yuri Luchko , Francesco Mainardi , Yuriy Povstenko

This paper is devoted to describing a linear diffusion problem involving fractional-in-time derivatives and self-adjoint integro-differential space operators posed in bounded domains. One main concern of our paper is to deal with singular…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-04-11 Hardy Chan , Juan Luis Vázquez , David Gómez-Castro

This paper is devoted to the inverse problem of determining the spatially dependent source in a time fractional diffusion-wave equation, with the aid of extra measurement data at subboundary. Uniqueness result is obtained by using the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-12-08 Xing Cheng , Zhiyuan Li

A fractional diffusion equation based on Riemann-Liouville fractional derivatives is solved exactly. The initial values are given as fractional integrals. The solution is obtained in terms of $H$-functions. It differs from the known…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Hilfer

We consider the initial/boundary value problem for the fractional diffusion and diffusion-wave equations involving a Caputo fractional derivative in time. We develop two "simple" fully discrete schemes based on the Galerkin finite element…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-10-13 Bangti Jin , Raytcho Lazarov , Zhi Zhou

The finite-difference time-domain (FDTD) method is a well established method for solving the time evolution of Maxwell's equations. Unfortunately the scheme introduces numerical dispersion and therefore phase and group velocities which…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2018-02-05 Alexander Blinne , David Schinkel , Stephan Kuschel , Nina Elkina , Sergey Rykovanov , Matt Zepf

The fractional calculus of variations and fractional optimal control are generalizations of the corresponding classical theories, that allow problem modeling and formulations with arbitrary order derivatives and integrals. Because of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-12-17 Shakoor Pooseh

Integer-order differential operators were originally used to describe local and isotropic effects, in both space and time. However, in fields like biology, the modelling of complex phenomena with spatial heterogeneity necessitates more…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-03-18 Cypres Verbeeck , Nikolaos Sfakianakis

In this article we propose a scheme for solving the coupled time-fractional nonlocal diffusion problem. The scheme consist of fractional Crank-Nicolson method with Galerkin finite element method (FEM) and Newton's method. We derive \emph{a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-06-06 Pari J. Kundaliya