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Differential quadrature method for space-fractional diffusion equations on 2D irregular domains
In mathematical physics, the space-fractional diffusion equations are of
particular interest in the studies of physical phenomena modelled by L\'{e}vy
processes, which are sometimes called super-diffusion equations. In this
article, we develop the differential quadrature (DQ) methods for solving the 2D
space-fractional diffusion equations on irregular domains. The methods in
presence reduce the original equation into a set of ordinary differential
equations (ODEs) by introducing valid DQ formulations to fractional directional
derivatives based on the functional values at scattered nodal points on problem
domain. The required weighted coefficients are calculated by using radial basis
functions (RBFs) as trial functions, and the resultant ODEs are discretized by
the Crank-Nicolson scheme. The main advantages of our methods lie in their
flexibility and applicability to arbitrary domains. A series of illustrated
examples are finally provided to support these points.Comment: 25 pages, 25 figures, 7 table
Alikhanov Legendre–Galerkin spectral method for the coupled nonlinear time-space fractional Ginzburg–Landau complex system
A finite difference/Galerkin spectral discretization for the temporal and spatial fractional coupled Ginzburg-Landau system is proposed and analyzed. The Alikhanov L2-1 sigma difference formula is utilized to discretize the time Caputo fractional derivative, while the Legendre-Galerkin spectral approximation is used to approximate the Riesz spatial fractional operator. The scheme is shown efficiently applicable with spectral accuracy in space and second-order in time. A discrete form of the fractional Gronwall inequality is applied to establish the error estimates of the approximate solution based on the discrete energy estimates technique. The key aspects of the implementation of the numerical continuation are complemented with some numerical experiments to confirm the theoretical claims
Models of space-fractional diffusion: a critical review
Space-fractional diffusion problems are investigated from the modeling point of view. It is pointed out that the
elementwise power of the Laplacian operator in R n is an inadequate model of fractional diffusion. Also, the approach
with fractional calculus using zero extension is not a proper model of homogeneous Dirichlet boundary conditions. At the time, the spectral definition of the fractional Dirichlet Laplacian seems to be in many aspects a proper model of
fractional diffusion
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