Numerical Algorithm of the Fractional Diffusion Equation Based on Sinc-Chebyshev Collocation

Abstract:

Fractional diffusion equations have recently been applied in various area of engineering. In this paper, a new numerical algorithm for solving the fractional diffusion equations with a variable coefficient is proposed. Based on the collocation technique where the shifted Chebyshev polynomials in time and the sinc functions in space are utilized respectively, the problem is reduced to the solution of a system of linear algebraic equations. The procedure is tested and the efficiency of the proposed algorithm is confirmed through the numerical example.

• Periodical: Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 926-930)
• Pages: 3105-3108
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.926-930.3105
• Online since: May 2014
• Authors: Zhi Mao*, Ting Ting Wang
• Keywords: Anomalous Subdiffusion, Collocation, Fractional Diffusion Equation, Shifted Chebyshev Polynomials, Sinc Functions

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