Comparison analysis of two numerical methods for fractional diffusion problems based on the best rational approximations of t^ on [0, 1]

From MaRDI portal
Publication:2290595



Abstract: We discuss, study, and compare experimentally three methods for solving the system of algebraic equations , 0<alpha<1, where mathbbA is a symmetric and positive definite matrix obtained from finite difference or finite element approximations of second order elliptic problems in mathbbRd, d=1,2,3. The first method, introduced by Harizanov et.al, based on the best uniform rational approximation (BURA) ralpha(t) of t1−alpha for 0letle1, is used to get the rational approximation of t−alpha in the form t−1ralpha(t). Here we develop another method, denoted by R-BURA, that is based on the best rational approximation r1−alpha(t) of talpha on the interval [0,1] and approximates t−alpha via r1−alpha−1(t). The third method, introduced and studied by Bonito and Pasciak, is based on an exponentially convergent quadrature scheme for the Dundord-Taylor integral representation of the fractional powers of elliptic operators. All three methods reduce the solution of the system to solving a number of equations of the type , cge0. Comprehensive numerical experiments on model problems with mathbbA obtained by approximation of elliptic equations in one and two spatial dimensions are used to compare the efficiency of these three algorithms depending on the fractional power alpha. The presented results prove the concept of the new R-BURA method, which performs well for alpha close to 1 in contrast to BURA, which performs well for alpha close to 0. As a result, we show theoretically and experimentally, that they have mutually complementary advantages.





Cited in
(18)








This page was built for publication: Comparison analysis of two numerical methods for fractional diffusion problems based on the best rational approximations of \(t^\gamma\) on \([0, 1]\)

Report a bug (only for logged in users!)Click here to report a bug for this page (MaRDI item Q2290595)