Pointwise-in-time convergence analysis of an Alikhanov scheme for a 2D nonlinear subdiffusion equation

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Main Authors: Hou, Chang, Chen, Hu, Wang, Jian
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Chen, Hu
Wang, Jian
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Chen, Hu
Wang, Jian
contents In this paper, we discretize the Caputo time derivative of order α\in (0,1) using the Alikhanov scheme on a quasi-graded temporal mesh, and employ the Newton linearization method to approximate the nonlinear term. This yields a linearized fully discrete scheme for the two-dimensional nonlinear time fractional subdiffusion equation with weakly singular solutions. For the purpose of conducting a pointwise convergence analysis using the comparison principle, we develop a new stability result. The global L^2-norm convergence order is min{αr, 2}, and the local L^2-norm convergence order is min{r, 2} under appropriate conditions and assumptions. Ultimately, the rates of convergence demonstrated by the numerical experiments serve to validate the analytical outcomes.
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spellingShingle Pointwise-in-time convergence analysis of an Alikhanov scheme for a 2D nonlinear subdiffusion equation
Hou, Chang
Chen, Hu
Wang, Jian
Numerical Analysis
In this paper, we discretize the Caputo time derivative of order α\in (0,1) using the Alikhanov scheme on a quasi-graded temporal mesh, and employ the Newton linearization method to approximate the nonlinear term. This yields a linearized fully discrete scheme for the two-dimensional nonlinear time fractional subdiffusion equation with weakly singular solutions. For the purpose of conducting a pointwise convergence analysis using the comparison principle, we develop a new stability result. The global L^2-norm convergence order is min{αr, 2}, and the local L^2-norm convergence order is min{r, 2} under appropriate conditions and assumptions. Ultimately, the rates of convergence demonstrated by the numerical experiments serve to validate the analytical outcomes.
title Pointwise-in-time convergence analysis of an Alikhanov scheme for a 2D nonlinear subdiffusion equation
topic Numerical Analysis
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2601.18505