Electron. J. Differential Equations, Vol. 2017 (2017), No. 166, pp. 1-18.

Finite element method for time-space-fractional Schrodinger equation

Xiaogang Zhu, Zhanbin Yuan, Jungang Wang, Yufeng Nie, Zongze Yang

Abstract:
In this article, we develop a fully discrete finite element method for the nonlinear Schrodinger equation (NLS) with time- and space-fractional derivatives. The time-fractional derivative is described in Caputo's sense and the space-fractional derivative in Riesz's sense. Its stability is well derived; the convergent estimate is discussed by an orthogonal operator. We also extend the method to the two-dimensional time-space-fractional NLS and to avoid the iterative solvers at each time step, a linearized scheme is further conducted. Several numerical examples are implemented finally, which confirm the theoretical results as well as illustrate the accuracy of our methods.

Submitted January 30, 2016. Published July 5, 2017.
Math Subject Classifications: 35R11, 65M60, 65M12.
Key Words: Time-space-fractional NLS; finite element method; convergence.

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Xiaogang Zhu
Department of Applied Mathematics
Northwestern Polytechnical University
Xi'an 710129, China
email: zhuxg590@yeah.net
Zhanbin Yuan
Department of Applied Mathematics
Northwestern Polytechnical University
Xi'an 710129, China
email: yzzzb@nwpu.edu.cn
Jungang Wang
Department of Applied Mathematics
Northwestern Polytechnical University
Xi'an 710129, China
email: wangjungang@nwpu.edu.cn
  Yufeng Nie
Department of Applied Mathematics
Northwestern Polytechnical University
Xi'an 710129, China
email: yfnie@nwpu.edu.cn
Zongze Yang
Department of Applied Mathematics
Northwestern Polytechnical University
Xi'an 710129, China
email: yangzongze@gmail.com

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