Detailed analysis of a conservative difference approximation for the time fractional diffusion equation

Journal of Applied Mathematics and Computing

Volumn 22, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 1-19

  Shen, S ^a   Liu, F ^a,b   Anh, V ^b   Turner, I ^b  

^a XIAMEN UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

conservative difference approximation; convergence analysis; non Markovian random walk; stability analysis; Time fractional diffusion equation

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867934896     PISSN: 15985865     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/BF02832034     Document Type: Article

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