Local Discontinuous Galerkin methods for fractional diffusion equations
ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis - Modélisation Mathématique et Analyse Numérique, Volume 47 (2013) no. 6, p. 1845-1864

We consider the development and analysis of local discontinuous Galerkin methods for fractional diffusion problems in one space dimension, characterized by having fractional derivatives, parameterized by β ∈[1, 2]. After demonstrating that a classic approach fails to deliver optimal order of convergence, we introduce a modified local numerical flux which exhibits optimal order of convergence 𝒪(hk + 1) uniformly across the continuous range between pure advection (β = 1) and pure diffusion (β = 2). In the two classic limits, known schemes are recovered. We discuss stability and present an error analysis for the space semi-discretized scheme, which is supported through a few examples.

DOI : https://doi.org/10.1051/m2an/2013091
Classification:  35R11,  65M60,  65M12
Keywords: fractional derivatives, local discontinuous Galerkin methods, stability, convergence, error estimates
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Deng, W. H.; Hesthaven, J. S. Local Discontinuous Galerkin methods for fractional diffusion equations. ESAIM: Mathematical Modelling and Numerical Analysis - Modélisation Mathématique et Analyse Numérique, Volume 47 (2013) no. 6, pp. 1845-1864. doi : 10.1051/m2an/2013091. http://www.numdam.org/item/M2AN_2013__47_6_1845_0/

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