A semi-discrete finite element method for a class of time-fractional diffusion equations

Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical and Engineering Sciences

Volumn 371, Issue 1990, 2013, Pages

  Sun, Hong Guang ^a,b   Chen, Wen ^b   Sze, K Y ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF HONG KONG   (Hong Kong)

^b HOHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Anomalous transport; Finite element method; Mittag Leffler function; Time fractional diffusion equation

Indexed keywords

AQUIFERS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; GROUNDWATER POLLUTION; GROUNDWATER RESOURCES;

ADVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATION; ANOMALOUS TRANSPORT; FRACTIONAL DIFFUSION EQUATION; MATHEMATICAL DESCRIPTIONS; MITTAG-LEFFLER FUNCTIONS; RELAXATION EQUATIONS; SEMI-DISCRETE FINITE ELEMENTS; TIME-FRACTIONAL DIFFUSION;

PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS;

EID: 84875907616     PISSN: 1364503X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1098/rsta.2012.0268     Document Type: Article

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