Fourier spectral methods for fractional-in-space reaction-diffusion equations

BIT Numerical Mathematics

Volumn 54, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 937-954

  Bueno Orovio, Alfonso ^a   Kay, David ^a   Burrage, Kevin ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF OXFORD   (United Kingdom)

^b QUEENSLAND UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Reaction diffusion equations; Fractional calculus; Fractional laplacian; Spectral methods

Indexed keywords

EID: 84945749147     PISSN: 00063835     EISSN: 15729125     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10543-014-0484-2     Document Type: Article

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