The use of finite difference/element approaches for solving the time-fractional subdiffusion equation

SIAM Journal on Scientific Computing

Volumn 35, Issue 6, 2013, Pages

  Zeng, Fanhai ^a   Li, Changpin ^a   Liu, Fawang ^b   Turner, Ian ^b  

^a SHANGHAI UNIVERSITY   (China)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Convergence; Finite difference method; Finite element method; Fractional derivative; Subdiffusion; Unconditional stability

Indexed keywords

BOUNDARY CONDITIONS; FINITE ELEMENT METHOD; NUMERICAL METHODS; PARTIAL DIFFERENTIAL EQUATIONS; POLYNOMIALS;

CONVERGENCE; DIFFERENCE ELEMENT; DIRICHLET BOUNDARY CONDITION; FINITE-DIFFERENCE METHODS; FRACTIONAL DERIVATIVES; FRACTIONAL LINEAR MULTI-STEP METHODS; FRACTIONAL SUBDIFFUSION; SUBDIFFUSION; SUBDIFFUSION EQUATIONS; UNCONDITIONAL STABILITY;

FINITE DIFFERENCE METHOD;

EID: 84892586026     PISSN: 10648275     EISSN: 10957200     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1137/130910865     Document Type: Article

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