An Efficient Second-Order Convergent Scheme for One-Side Space Fractional Diffusion Equations with Variable Coefficients

Xue lei Lin, Pin Lyu*, Michael K. Ng, Hai Wei Sun, Seakweng Vong

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Abstract

In this paper, a second-order finite-difference scheme is investigated for time-dependent space fractional diffusion equations with variable coefficients. In the presented scheme, the Crank–Nicolson temporal discretization and a second-order weighted-and-shifted Grünwald–Letnikov spatial discretization are employed. Theoretically, the unconditional stability and the second-order convergence in time and space of the proposed scheme are established under some conditions on the variable coefficients. Moreover, a Toeplitz preconditioner is proposed for linear systems arising from the proposed scheme. The condition number of the preconditioned matrix is proven to be bounded by a constant independent of the discretization step-sizes, so that the Krylov subspace solver for the preconditioned linear systems converges linearly. Numerical results are reported to show the convergence rate and the efficiency of the proposed scheme.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)215-239
Number of pages25
JournalCommunications on Applied Mathematics and Computation
Volume2
Issue number2
Early online date17 Jan 2020
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - Jun 2020

Scopus Subject Areas

  • Computational Mathematics
  • Applied Mathematics

User-Defined Keywords

  • High-order finite-difference scheme
  • One-side space fractional diffusion equation
  • Preconditioner
  • Stability and convergence
  • Variable diffusion coefficients

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