Open AccessA two-grid mixed finite volume element method for nonlinear time fractional reaction-diffusion equations
Author(s) -
Zhichao Fang,
Rui-Rui Du,
Hong Li,
Yang Liu
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
aims mathematics
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.329
H-Index - 15
ISSN - 2473-6988
DOI - 10.3934/math.2022112
Subject(s) - mathematics , uniqueness , nonlinear system , grid , fractional calculus , finite element method , mathematical analysis , finite volume method , fixed point theorem , matrix (chemical analysis) , stability (learning theory) , geometry , computer science , physics , materials science , quantum mechanics , machine learning , mechanics , composite material , thermodynamics
In this paper, a two-grid mixed finite volume element (MFVE) algorithm is presented for the nonlinear time fractional reaction-diffusion equations, where the Caputo fractional derivative is approximated by the classical $ L1 $-formula. The coarse and fine grids (containing the primal and dual grids) are constructed for the space domain, then a nonlinear MFVE scheme on the coarse grid and a linearized MFVE scheme on the fine grid are given. By using the Browder fixed point theorem and the matrix theory, the existence and uniqueness for the nonlinear and linearized MFVE schemes are obtained, respectively. Furthermore, the stability results and optimal error estimates are derived in detailed. Finally, some numerical results are given to verify the feasibility and effectiveness of the proposed algorithm.