Uniform convergence for a discontinuous Galerkin, time-stepping method applied to a fractional diffusion equation

IMA Journal of Numerical Analysis

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 906-925

  Mustapha, Kassem ^a   McLean, William ^b  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF NEW SOUTH WALES   (Australia)

Author keywords

discontinuous Galerkin; error analysis; fractional differential equation; memory term; nonuniform time steps

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; ERROR ANALYSIS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; PIECEWISE LINEAR TECHNIQUES;

DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN; DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN METHODS; FRACTIONAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; FRACTIONAL DIFFUSION EQUATION; MEMORY TERM; TIME STEP; TIME STEPPING METHOD; UNIFORM CONVERGENCE;

GALERKIN METHODS;

EID: 84863955397     PISSN: 02724979     EISSN: 14643642     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/imanum/drr027     Document Type: Article

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