A STRONG POSITIVITY PROPERTY AND A RELATED INVERSE SOURCE PROBLEM FOR MULTI-TERM TIME-FRACTIONAL DIFFUSION EQUATIONS

In this article,we consider the diffusion equation with multi-term time-fractional derivatives.We first derive,by a subordination principle for the solution,that the solution is positive when the initial value is non-negative.As an application,we prove the uniqueness of solution to an inverse problem of determination of the temporally varying source term by integral type information in a subdomain.Finally,several numerical experiments are presented to show the accuracy and efficiency of the algorithm.

Diffusion Equations of the Electric Charges and Magnetic Flux

Innovative definitions of the electric and magnetic diffusivities through conducting mediums and innovative diffusion equations of the electric charges and magnetic flux are verified in this article. Such innovations depend on the analogy of the governing laws of diffusion of the thermal, electrical, and magnetic energies and newly defined natures of the electric charges and magnetic flux as energy, or as electromagnetic waves, that have electric and magnetic potentials. The introduced diffusion equations of the electric charges and magnetic flux involve Laplacian operator and the introduced diffusivities. Both equations are applied to determine the electric and magnetic fields in conductors as the heat diffusion equation which is applied to determine the thermal field in steady and unsteady heat diffusion conditions. The use of electric networks for experimental modeling of thermal networks represents sufficient proof of similarity of the diffusion equations of both fields. By analysis of the diffusion phenomena of the three considered modes of energy transfer;the rates of flow of these energies are found to be directly proportional to the gradient of their volumetric concentration, or density, and the proportionality constants in such relations are the diffusivity of each energy. Such analysis leads also to find proportionality relations between the potentials of such energies and their volumetric concentrations. Validity of the introduced diffusion equations is verified by correspondence their solutions to the measurement results of the electric and magnetic fields in microwave ovens.

Crank-Nicolson Quasi-Compact Scheme for the Nonlinear Two-Sided Spatial Fractional Advection-Diffusion Equations

The higher-order numerical scheme of nonlinear advection-diffusion equations is studied in this article, where the space fractional derivatives are evaluated by using weighted and shifted Grünwald difference operators and combining the compact technique, in the time direction is discretized by the Crank-Nicolson method. Through the energy method, the stability and convergence of the numerical scheme in the sense of L2-norm are proved, and the convergence order is . Some examples are given to show that our numerical scheme is effective.

Finite Difference Schemes for Time-Space Fractional Diffusion Equations in One-and Two-Dimensions

In this paper,finite difference schemes for solving time-space fractional diffusion equations in one dimension and two dimensions are proposed.The temporal derivative is in the Caputo-Hadamard sense for both cases.The spatial derivative for the one-dimensional equation is of Riesz definition and the two-dimensional spatial derivative is given by the fractional Laplacian.The schemes are proved to be unconditionally stable and convergent.The numerical results are in line with the theoretical analysis.

A meshless method based on moving Kriging interpolation for a two-dimensional time-fractional diffusion equation

Fractional diffusion equations have been the focus of modeling problems in hydrology, biology, viscoelasticity, physics, engineering, and other areas of applications. In this paper, a meshfree method based on the moving Kriging inter- polation is developed for a two-dimensional time-fractional diffusion equation. The shape function and its derivatives are obtained by the moving Kriging interpolation technique. For possessing the Kronecker delta property, this technique is very efficient in imposing the essential boundary conditions. The governing time-fractional diffusion equations are transformed into a standard weak formulation by the Galerkin method. It is then discretized into a meshfree system of time-dependent equations, which are solved by the standard central difference method. Numerical examples illustrating the applicability and effectiveness of the proposed method are presented and discussed in detail.

Finite Element Method for a Kind of Two-Dimensional Space-Fractional Diffusion Equation with Its Implementation

In this article, we consider a two-dimensional symmetric space-fractional diffusion equation in which the space fractional derivatives are defined in Riesz potential sense. The well-posed feature is guaranteed by energy inequality. To solve the diffusion equation, a fully discrete form is established by employing Crank-Nicolson technique in time and Galerkin finite element method in space. The stability and convergence are proved and the stiffness matrix is given analytically. Three numerical examples are given to confirm our theoretical analysis in which we find that even with the same initial condition, the classical and fractional diffusion equations perform differently but tend to be uniform diffusion at last.

High-Order Local Discontinuous Galerkin Algorithm with Time Second-Order Schemes for the Two-Dimensional Nonlinear Fractional Diffusion Equation

In this article,some high-order local discontinuous Galerkin(LDG)schemes based on some second-order θ approximation formulas in time are presented to solve a two-dimen-sional nonlinear fractional diffusion equation.The unconditional stability of the LDG scheme is proved,and an a priori error estimate with O(h^(k+1)+At^(2))is derived,where k≥0 denotes the index of the basis function.Extensive numerical results with Q^(k)(k=0,1,2,3)elements are provided to confirm our theoretical results,which also show that the second-order convergence rate in time is not impacted by the changed parameter θ.

Two Dimensional Tensor Product B-Spline Wavelet Scaling Functions for the Solution of Two-Dimensional Unsteady Diffusion Equations

The fourth-order B spline wavelet scaling functions are used to solve the two-dimensional unsteady diffusion equation. The calculations from a case history indicate that the method provides high accuracy and the computational efficiency is enhanced due to the small matrix derived from this method.The respective features of 3-spline wavelet scaling functions,4-spline wavelet scaling functions and quasi-wavelet used to solve the two-dimensional unsteady diffusion equation are compared. The proposed method has potential applications in many fields including marine science.

Lagrange’s Spectral Collocation Method for Numerical Approximations of Two-Dimensional Space Fractional Diffusion Equation

Due to the ability to model various complex phenomena where classical calculus failed, fractional calculus is getting enormous attention recently. There are several approaches available for numerical approximations of various types of fractional differential equations. For fractional diffusion equations spectral collocation is one of the efficient and most popular ap-proximation techniques. In this research, we introduce spectral collocation method based on Lagrange’s basis polynomials for numerical approximations of two-dimensional (2D) space fractional diffusion equations where spatial fractional derivative is described in Riemann-Liouville sense. We consider four different types of nodes to generate Lagrange’s basis polynomials and as collocation points in the proposed spectral collocation technique. Spectral collocation method converts the diffusion equation into a system of ordinary differential equations (ODE) for time variable and we use 4th order Runge-Kutta method to solve the resulting system of ODE. Two examples are considered to verify the efficiency of different types of nodes in the proposed method. We compare approximated solution with exact solution and find that Lagrange’s spectral collocation method gives very high accuracy approximation. Among the four types of nodes, nodes from Jacobi polynomial give highest accuracy and nodes from Chebyshev polynomials of 1st kind give lowest accuracy in the proposed method.

A Local Discontinuous Galerkin Method for Two-Dimensional Time Fractional Diffusion Equations

For two-dimensional(2D)time fractional diffusion equations,we construct a numerical method based on a local discontinuous Galerkin(LDG)method in space and a finite differ-ence scheme in time.We investigate the numerical stability and convergence of the method for both rectangular and triangular meshes and show that the method is unconditionally stable.Numerical results indicate the effectiveness and accuracy of the method and con-firm the analysis.

FINITE ELEMENT METHOD FOR SOLVING TWO-DIMENSIONAL DIFFUSION-REACTION EQUATIONS OF BOUNDARY LAYER TYPE IN POROUS CATALYST PELLET

In this paper,finite element method(FEM)is used to solve two-dimensional diffu-sion-reaction equations of boundary layer type.This kind of equations are usually too complicatedand diffcult to be solved by applying the traditional methods used in chemical engineering becauseof the steep gradients of concentration and temperature.But,these difficulties are easy to be over-comed when the FEM is used.The integraded steps of solving this kind of problems by the FEMare presented in this paper.By applying the FEM to the two actual examples,the conclusion can bereached that the FEM has the advantages of simplicity and good accuracy.

A LOCAL DISCONTINUOUS GALERKIN METHOD FOR TIME-FRACTIONAL DIFFUSION EQUATIONS

In this paper,a local discontinuous Galerkin(LDG)scheme for the time-fractional diffusion equation is proposed and analyzed.The Caputo time-fractional derivative(of orderα,with 0<α<1)is approximated by a finite difference method with an accuracy of order3-α,and the space discretization is based on the LDG method.For the finite difference method,we summarize and supplement some previous work by others,and apply it to the analysis of the convergence and stability of the proposed scheme.The optimal error estimate is obtained in the L2norm,indicating that the scheme has temporal(3-α)th-order accuracy and spatial(k+1)th-order accuracy,where k denotes the highest degree of a piecewise polynomial in discontinuous finite element space.The numerical results are also provided to verify the accuracy and efficiency of the considered scheme.

ANALYSIS AND DISCRETIZATION FOR AN OPTIMAL CONTROL PROBLEM OF A VARIABLE-COEFFICIENT RIESZ-FRACTIONAL DIFFUSION EQUATION WITH POINTWISE CONTROL CONSTRAINTS

We present a mathematical and numerical study for a pointwise optimal control problem governed by a variable-coefficient Riesz-fractional diffusion equation.Due to the impact of the variable diffusivity coefficient,existing regularity results for their constantcoefficient counterparts do not apply,while the bilinear forms of the state(adjoint)equation may lose the coercivity that is critical in error estimates of the finite element method.We reformulate the state equation as an equivalent constant-coefficient fractional diffusion equation with the addition of a variable-coefficient low-order fractional advection term.First order optimality conditions are accordingly derived and the smoothing properties of the solutions are analyzed by,e.g.,interpolation estimates.The weak coercivity of the resulting bilinear forms are proven via the Garding inequality,based on which we prove the optimal-order convergence estimates of the finite element method for the(adjoint)state variable and the control variable.Numerical experiments substantiate the theoretical predictions.

Exponential Time Differencing Method for a Reaction-Diffusion System with Free Boundary

For reaction-diffusion equations in irregular domains with moving boundaries,the numerical stability constraints from the reaction and diffusion terms often require very restricted time step sizes,while complex geometries may lead to difficulties in the accuracy when discretizing the high-order derivatives on grid points near the boundary.It is very challenging to design numerical methods that can efficiently and accurately handle both difficulties.Applying an implicit scheme may be able to remove the stability constraints on the time step,however,it usually requires solving a large global system of nonlinear equations for each time step,and the computational cost could be significant.Integration factor(IF)or exponential time differencing(ETD)methods are one of the popular methods for temporal partial differential equations(PDEs)among many other methods.In our paper,we couple ETD methods with an embedded boundary method to solve a system of reaction-diffusion equations with complex geometries.In particular,we rewrite all ETD schemes into a linear combination of specificФ-functions and apply one state-of-the-art algorithm to compute the matrix-vector multiplications,which offers significant computational advantages with adaptive Krylov subspaces.In addition,we extend this method by incorporating the level set method to solve the free boundary problem.The accuracy,stability,and efficiency of the developed method are demonstrated by numerical examples.

THE ASYMPTOTIC BEHAVIOR OF SOLUTION FOR THE SINGULARLY PERTURBED INITIAL BOUNDARY VALUE PROBLEMS OF THE REACTION DIFFUSION EQUATIONS IN A PART OF DOMAIN

A class of singularly perturbed initial boundary value problems for the reaction diffusion equations in a part of domain are considered. Using the operator theory the asymptotic behavior of solution for the problems is studied.

Advancing Hierarchical Equations of Motion for Efficient Evaluation of Coherent Two-dimensional Spectroscopy

To advance hierarchical equations of motion as a standard theory for quantum dissipative dynamics, we put forward a mixed Heisenberg-SchrSdinger scheme with block-matrix implementation on efficient evaluation of nonlinear optical response function. The new approach is also integrated with optimized hierarchical theory and numerical filtering algorithm. Different configurations of coherent two-dimensional spectroscopy of model excitonic dimer systems are investigated, with focusing on the effects of intermolecular transfer coupling and bi-exciton interaction.

THE ZERO LIMIT OF THERMAL DIFFUSIVITY FOR THE 2D DENSITY-DEPENDENT BOUSSINESQ EQUATIONS

This paper is concerned with the asymptotic behavior of solutions to the initial boundary problem of the two-dimensional density-dependent Boussinesq equations.It is shown that the solutions of the Boussinesq equations converge to those of zero thermal diffusivity Boussinesq equations as the thermal diffusivity tends to zero,and the convergence rate is established.In addition,we prove that the boundary-layer thickness is of the valueδ(k)=k^(α)with anyα∈(0,1/4)for a small diffusivity coefficient k>0,and we also find a function to describe the properties of the boundary layer.

A CLASS OF NONLINEAR SINGULARLY PERTURBED PROBLEMS FOR REACTION DIFFUSION EQUATIONS

A class of nonlinear singularly perturbed problems for reaction diffusion equations are considered. Under suitable conditions, by using the theory of differential inequalities, the asymptotic behavior of solutions for the initial boundary value problems are studied, reduced problems of which possess two intersecting solutions.

THE FINITE DIFFERENCE STREAMLINE DIFFUSION METHODS FOR TIME-DEPENDENT CONVECTION-DIFFUSION EQUATIONS

In this paper, two finite difference streamline diffusion (FDSD) schemes for solving two-dimensional time-dependent convection-diffusion equations are constructed. Stability and optimal order error estimati-ions for considered schemes are derived in the norm stronger than L^2-norm.

STREAMLINE DIFFUSION F.E.M. FOR SOBOLEV EQUATIONS WITH CONVECTION DOMINATED TERM

In this paper,a streamline diffusion F.E.M. for linear Sobolev equations with convection dominated term is given.According to the range of space time F.E mesh parameter h ,two choices for artifical diffusion parameter δ are presented,and for the corresponding computation schemes the stability and error estimates in suitable norms are estabilished.