A fully discrete discontinuous Galerkin method for nonlinear fractional Fokker-Planck equation (Q613806)

Summary: The fractional Fokker-Planck equation is often used to characterize anomalous diffusion. In this paper, a fully discrete approximation for the nonlinear spatial fractional Fokker-Planck equation is given, where the discontinuous Galerkin finite element approach is utilized in the time domain and the Galerkin finite element approach is utilized in the spatial domain. An a priori error estimate is derived explicitly. Numerical examples are presented which are in line with the theoretical convergence rate.