A finite difference scheme for fractional sub-diffusion equations on an unbounded domain using artificial boundary conditions

Journal of Computational Physics

Volumn 231, Issue 7, 2012, Pages 2865-2879

  Gao, Guang hua ^a   Sun, Zhi zhong ^a   Zhang, Ya nan ^a  

^a SOUTHEAST UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Convergence; Finite difference scheme; Fractional differential equation; Stability; Unbounded domain

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; INITIAL VALUE PROBLEMS; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

% REDUCTIONS; ARTIFICIAL BOUNDARY CONDITION; CONVERGENCE; DIFFUSION EQUATIONS; FINITE COMPUTATIONAL DOMAINS; FINITE DIFFERENCE SCHEME; FRACTIONAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; INITIAL-BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS; ONE-DIMENSIONAL; UNBOUNDED DOMAIN;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

EID: 84862821802     PISSN: 00219991     EISSN: 10902716     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcp.2011.12.028     Document Type: Article

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