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A compact exponential difference method for multi-term time-fractional convection-reaction-diffusion problems with non-smooth solutions

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  • Wang, Yuan-Ming
  • Wen, Xin

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This paper is concerned with a numerical method for a class of one-dimensional multi-term time-fractional convection-reaction-diffusion problems, where the differential equation contains a sum of the Caputo time-fractional derivatives of different orders between 0 and 1. In general the solutions of such problems typically exhibit a weak singularity at the initial time. A compact exponential finite difference method, using the well-known L1 formula for each time-fractional derivative and a fourth-order compact exponential difference approximation for the spatial discretization, is proposed on a mesh that is generally nonuniform in time and uniform in space. Taking into account the initial weak singularity of the solution, the stability and convergence of the method is proved and the optimal error estimate in the discrete L2-norm is obtained by developing a discrete energy analysis technique which enables us to overcome the difficulties caused by the nonsymmetric discretization matrices. The error estimate shows that the method has the spatial fourth-order convergence, and reveals how to select an appropriate mesh parameter to obtain the temporal optimal convergence. The extension of the method to two-dimensional problems is also discussed. Numerical results confirm the theoretical convergence result, and show the applicability of the method to convection dominated problems.

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  • Wang, Yuan-Ming & Wen, Xin, 2020. "A compact exponential difference method for multi-term time-fractional convection-reaction-diffusion problems with non-smooth solutions," Applied Mathematics and Computation, Elsevier, vol. 381(C).
    • Handle: RePEc:eee:apmaco:v:381:y:2020:i:c:s0096300320302824
    DOI: 10.1016/j.amc.2020.125316
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