Asymptotic behavior of the continuous and discrete solutions to a multi-term fractional differential equation (Q6927304)

In this article, there is considered the following initial value problem for an abstract multi-term fractional differential equation\N\[\N\begin{cases} \N&\partial_t^\alpha u(t) + \mu \partial_t^\beta u(t) = A u(t) + f(t), \\ \N&t \geq 0, \\\N&u(0)=u_0, \\\N&u'(0)=u_1, \end{cases}\tag{1}\N\]\Nwhere \(1 \leq \beta \leq \alpha \leq 2, \mu \geq 0\), \(f\) is a given function, \(A\) is a closed linear operator defined in a Banach space \(X\), the initial values \(u_0, u_1 \in X\) and \( \partial_t^\alpha, \partial_t^\beta\) are the Caputo fractional derivatives of order \(\alpha\) and \(\beta\) respectively and lower terminal zero.\N\NUsing the theory of fractional resolvent families generated by the operator \(A\), the author establishes a representation of a mild solution of (1) and obtains sufficient conditions for its existence and for its asymptotic stability.\N\NAs main result the author introduces a discrete analogue of the initial value problem (1) based on a sequence of linear operators generated by \(A\) and the backward Euler convolution method. The author studies the connection between the continuous solution and its discrete approximation and obtains appropriate conditions on the parameters \(\alpha, \beta\) and \(\mu\) for a corresponding error estimate, i.e. the norm difference of the continuous and the discrete solution.\N\NTwo examples are provided to illustrate the obtained results.