Abstract: 

The Galerkin finite element method is applied to approximate the solution of a time fractional diffusion equation with variable diffusivity. By a delicate energy analysis, a priori error bounds are derived for both smooth and nonsmooth initial data. The generalized Leibniz formula for fractional derivatives is found to play a key role in our analysis. Numerical experiments are presented to illustrate some of the theoretical results.

Speaker

Kassem Mustapha

Research Area
Affiliation

King Fahd University of Petroleum and Mineral, Dhahran

Date

Tue, 02/08/2016 - 11:05am to 11:55am

Venue

RC-4082, The Red Centre, UNSW