Numerical investigation of the fractional diffusion wave equation with exponential kernel via cubic B-Spline approach

PLoS One. 2023 Dec 15;18(12):e0295525. doi: 10.1371/journal.pone.0295525. eCollection 2023.

Abstract

Splines are piecewise polynomials that are as smooth as they can be without forming a single polynomial. They are linked at specific points known as knots. Splines are useful for a variety of problems in numerical analysis and applied mathematics because they are simple to store and manipulate on a computer. These include, for example, numerical quadrature, function approximation, data fitting, etc. In this study, cubic B-spline (CBS) functions are used to numerically solve the time fractional diffusion wave equation (TFDWE) with Caputo-Fabrizio derivative. To discretize the spatial and temporal derivatives, CBS with θ-weighted scheme and the finite difference approach are utilized, respectively. Convergence analysis and stability of the presented method are analyzed. Some examples are used to validate the suggested scheme, and they show that it is feasible and fairly accurate.

MeSH terms

  • Algorithms*
  • Diffusion

Grants and funding

The author(s) received no specific funding for this work.