Error analysis for a fractional-derivative parabolic problem on quasi-graded meshes using barrier functions

Natalia Kopteva, Xiangyun Meng

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Abstract

An initial-boundary value problem with a Caputo time derivative of fractional order \alpha \in (0, 1) is considered, solutions of which typically exhibit a singular behavior at an initial time. For this problem, we give a simple and general numerical-stability analysis using barrier functions, which yields sharp pointwise-in-time error bounds on quasi-graded temporal meshes with arbitrary degree of grading. L1-type and Alikhanov-type discretization in time are considered. In particular, those results imply that milder (compared to the optimal) grading yields optimal convergence rates in positive time. Semidiscretizations in time and full discretizations are addressed. The theoretical findings are illustrated by numerical experiments.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1217-1238
Number of pages22
JournalSIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis
Volume58
Issue number2
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2020

Keywords

  • Alikhanov scheme
  • Arbitrary degree of grading
  • Fractional-order parabolic equation
  • Graded temporal mesh
  • L1 method
  • Pointwise-in-time error bounds

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