A Second-Order Accurate Numerical Approximation for a Two-Sided Space-Fractional Diffusion Equation

In this paper, we investigate a practical numerical method for solving a one-dimensional two-sided space-fractional diffusion equation with variable coefficients in a finite domain, which is based on the classical Crank-Nicolson (CN) method combined with Richardson extrapolation. Second-order exact...

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Main Authors: Taohua Liu, Xiucao Yin, Yinghao Chen, Muzhou Hou
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2023-04-01
Series:Mathematics
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2227-7390/11/8/1838