A compact finite difference scheme for the fractional sub-diffusion equations

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 230, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 586-595

  Gao, Guang Hua ^a   Sun, Zhi Zhong ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Compact scheme; Convergence; Energy method; Fractional sub diffusion equation; L1 discretization; Stability

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

COMPACT FINITE DIFFERENCE SCHEMES; COMPACT SCHEMES; CONVERGENCE; DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; DISCRETIZATIONS; ENERGY METHOD; FOURTH-ORDER; FRACTIONAL PARTS; FRACTIONAL SUB-DIFFUSION EQUATION; L1 DISCRETIZATION;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

EID: 78649334165     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2010.10.007     Document Type: Article

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