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A Galerkin finite element scheme for time–space fractional diffusion equation

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Pages 1212-1225 | Received 05 Nov 2014, Accepted 12 Mar 2015, Published online: 04 Jun 2015
 

Abstract

In this paper, a Galerkin finite element scheme to approximate the time–space fractional diffusion equation is studied. Firstly, the fractional diffusion equation is transformed into a fractional Volterra integro-differential equation. And a second-order fractional trapezoidal formula is used to approach the time fractional integral. Then a Galerkin finite element method is introduced in space direction, where the semi-discretization scheme and fully discrete scheme are given separately. The stability analysis of semi-discretization scheme is discussed in detail. Furthermore, convergence analysis of semi-discretization scheme and fully discrete scheme are given in details. Finally, two numerical examples are displayed to demonstrate the effectiveness of the proposed method.

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Acknowledgments

The authors wish to thank the referees for their constructive comments and suggestions which improved the present paper.

Disclosure statement

No potential conflict of interest was reported by the authors.

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Funding

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under [grant number 11301333]; Funding Scheme for Training Young Teachers in Shanghai Colleges under [grant number zzhg12001]; Innovation Program of Shanghai Municipal Education Commission under [grant number 14YZ165]; Natural Science Foundation of Anhui province under [grant number 1408085MA14]; Funding Scheme for Training Young Teachers in Shanghai colleges under [grant number 14AZ17].

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