The time fractional subdiffusion equation (FSDE) as a class of anomalous diffusive systems has obtained by replacing the time derivative in ordinary diffusion by a fractional derivative of order . Since analytically solving this problem is often impossible, proposing numerical methods for its solution has practical importance. In this paper, an efficient and accurate Galerkin method based on the Legendre wavelets (LWs) is proposed for solving this equation. The time fractional derivatives are described in the Riemann–Liouville sense. To do this, we first transform the original subdiffusion problem into an equivalent problem with fractional derivatives in the Caputo sense. The LWs and their fractional operational matrix (FOM) of integration together with the Galerkin method are used to transform the problem under consideration into the corresponding linear system of algebraic equations, which can be simply solved to achieve the solution of the problem. The proposed method is very convenient for solving such problems, since the initial and boundary conditions are taken into account, automatically. Furthermore, the efficiency of the proposed method is shown for some concrete examples. The results reveal that the proposed method is very accurate and efficient.
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November 2016
Research-Article
Wavelets Galerkin Method for the Fractional Subdiffusion Equation
M. H. Heydari
M. H. Heydari
Faculty of Mathematics,
Yazd University,
P. O. Box 89195-741,
Yazd, Iran;
The Laboratory of Quantum
Information Processing,
Yazd University,
P. O. Box 89195-741,
Yazd, Iran
e-mail: heydari@stu.yazd.ac.ir
Yazd University,
P. O. Box 89195-741,
Yazd, Iran;
The Laboratory of Quantum
Information Processing,
Yazd University,
P. O. Box 89195-741,
Yazd, Iran
e-mail: heydari@stu.yazd.ac.ir
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M. H. Heydari
Faculty of Mathematics,
Yazd University,
P. O. Box 89195-741,
Yazd, Iran;
The Laboratory of Quantum
Information Processing,
Yazd University,
P. O. Box 89195-741,
Yazd, Iran
e-mail: heydari@stu.yazd.ac.ir
Yazd University,
P. O. Box 89195-741,
Yazd, Iran;
The Laboratory of Quantum
Information Processing,
Yazd University,
P. O. Box 89195-741,
Yazd, Iran
e-mail: heydari@stu.yazd.ac.ir
Contributed by the Design Engineering Division of ASME for publication in the JOURNAL OF COMPUTATIONAL AND NONLINEAR DYNAMICS. Manuscript received April 28, 2015; final manuscript received July 14, 2016; published online August 22, 2016. Assoc. Editor: Hiroshi Yabuno.
J. Comput. Nonlinear Dynam. Nov 2016, 11(6): 061014 (7 pages)
Published Online: August 22, 2016
Article history
Received:
April 28, 2015
Revised:
July 14, 2016
Citation
Heydari, M. H. (August 22, 2016). "Wavelets Galerkin Method for the Fractional Subdiffusion Equation." ASME. J. Comput. Nonlinear Dynam. November 2016; 11(6): 061014. https://doi.org/10.1115/1.4034391
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