Inverting the variable fractional order in a variable-order space-fractional diffusion equation with variable diffusivity: analysis and simulation (Q2660884)

In this paper, the authors prove the uniqueness of the determination of the variable fractional order in the homogeneous Dirichlet boundary-value problem of one-sided linear variable-order space-fractional diffusion equations in one space dimension with measurements of the unknown solutions near the boundary of the spatial domain. Based on the analysis, they develop a spectral Galerkin Levenberg-Marquardt method and a finite difference Levenberg-Marquardt method to numerically invert the variable order. Numerical experiments are carried out to investigate the numerical performance of these methods.