Numerical analysis of a semilinear fractional diffusion equation

Authors Binjie Li, Tao Wang, Xiaoping Xie

Publication date 30 August 2019

Abstract: This paper considers the numerical analysis of a semilinear fractional diffusion equation with nonsmooth initial data. A new Gr"onwall's inequality and its discrete version are proposed. By the two inequalities, error estimates in three Sobolev norms are derived for a spatial semi-discretization and a full discretization, which are optimal with respect to the regularity of the solution. A sharp temporal error estimate on graded temporal grids is also rigorously established. In addition, the spatial accuracy

s c r i p t s t y l e O (h^{2} (t^{- a l p h a} + l n (1 / h)!)!)

in the pointwise

s c r i p t s t y l e L^{2} (O m e g a)

-norm is obtained for a spatial semi-discretization. Finally, several numerical results are provided to verify the theoretical results.

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