Generalized Jacobi spectral Galerkin method for fractional pantograph differential equation

This work is concerned with the extension of the Jacobi spectral Galerkin method to a class of nonlinear fractional pantograph differential equations. First, the fractional differential equation is converted to a nonlinear Volterra integral equation with weakly singular kernel. Second, we analyze the existence and uniqueness of solutions for the obtained integral equation. Then, the Galerkin method is used for solving the equivalent integral equation. The error estimates for the proposed method are also investigated. Finally, illustrative examples are presented to confirm our theoretical analysis.     

The comparison of two reliable methods for accurate solution of time‐fractional Kaup–Kupershmidt equation arising in capillary gravity waves

In this paper, we compared two different methods, one numerical technique, viz Legendre multiwavelet method, and the other analytical technique, viz optimal homotopy asymptotic method (OHAM), for solving fractional‐order Kaup–Kupershmidt (KK) equation. Two‐dimensional Legendre multiwavelet expansion together with operational matrices of fractional integration and derivative of wavelet functions is used to compute the numerical solution of nonlinear time‐fractional KK equation. The approximate solutions of time fractional Kaup–Kupershmidt equation thus obtained by Legendre multiwavelet method are compared with the exact solutions as well as with OHAM. The present numerical scheme is quite simple, effective, and expedient for obtaining numerical solution of fractional KK equation in comparison to analytical approach of OHAM. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Two‐dimensional shifted Legendre polynomial collocation method for electromagnetic waves in dielectric media via almost operational matrices

In this paper, a numerical solution of fractional partial differential equations (FPDEs) for electromagnetic waves in dielectric media will be discussed. For the solution of FPDEs, we developed a numerical collocation method using an algorithm based on two‐dimensional shifted Legendre polynomials approximation, which is proposed for electromagnetic waves in dielectric media. By implementing the partial Riemann–Liouville fractional derivative operators, two‐dimensional shifted Legendre polynomials approximation and its operational matrix along with collocation method are used to convert FPDEs first into weakly singular fractional partial integro‐differential equations and then converted weakly singular fractional partial integro‐differential equations into system of algebraic equation. Some results concerning the convergence analysis and error analysis are obtained. Illustrative examples are included to demonstrate the validity and applicability of the technique. Copyright © 2017 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

The piecewise polynomial collocation method for nonlinear weakly singular Volterra equations

Second-kind Volterra integral equations with weakly singular kernels typically have solutions which are nonsmooth near the initial point of the interval of integration. Using an adaptation of the analysis originally developed for nonlinear weakly singular Fredholm integral equations, we present a complete discussion of the optimal (global and local) order of convergence of piecewise polynomial collocation methods on graded grids for nonlinear Volterra integral equations with algebraic or logarithmic singularities in their kernels.

     

Piecewise homotopy perturbation method for solving linear and nonlinear weakly singular VIE of second kind

The purpose of this paper is to obtain the approximation solution of linear and strong nonlinear weakly singular Volterra integral equation of the second kind, especially for such a situation that the equation is of nonsmooth solution and the situation that the problem is a strong nonlinear problem. For this purpose, we firstly make a transform to the equation such that the solution of the new equation is as smooth as we like. Through modifying homotopy perturbation method, an algorithm is successfully established to solve the linear and nonlinear weakly singular Volterra integral equation of the second kind. And the convergence of the algorithm is proved strictly. Comparisons are made between our method and other methods, and the results reveal that the modified homotopy perturbation is effective.     

Numerical solution of volterra functional integral equation by using cubic B‐spline scaling functions

In this article, we consider a class of nonlinear functional integral equations which has rather general form and contains a lot of particular cases such as functional equations and nonlinear integral equations of Volterra type. We use a combination of a fixed point method and cubic semiorthogonal B‐spline scaling functions to solve the integral equation numerically. We provide an error analysis for the method which shows that the approximate solution converges to the exact solution. Some numerical results for several test problems are given to confirm the accuracy and the ease of implementation of the method. © 2013 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 30: 699–722, 2014     

Numerical solutions of distributed order fractional differential equations in the time domain using the Müntz–Legendre wavelets approach

In this paper, a numerical method is presented to obtain and analyze the behavior of numerical solutions of distributed order fractional differential equations of the general form in the time domain with the Caputo fractional derivative. The suggested method is based on the Müntz–Legendre wavelet approximation. We derive a new operational vector for the Riemann–Liouville fractional integral of the Müntz–Legendre wavelets by using the Laplace transform method. Applying this operational vector and collocation method in our approach, the problem can be reduced to a system of linear and nonlinear algebraic equations. The arising system can be solved by the Newton method. Discussion on the error bound and convergence analysis for the proposed method is presented. Finally, seven test problems are considered to compare our results with other well‐known methods used for solving these problems. The results in the tabulated tables highlighted that the proposed method is an efficient mathematical tool for analyzing distributed order fractional differential equations of the general form.     

Study on convergence of hybrid functions method for solution of nonlinear integral equations

In this article, we present the uniform convergence analysis and accuracy estimation of hybrid functions (HFs) method for finding the solution of nonlinear Volterra and Fredholm integral equations. The properties of HFs which consist of block-pulse functions (BPFs) and Legendre polynomials are used to reduce the solution of nonlinear integral equations to the solution of algebraic equations. The superiority and accuracy of the HFs method to BPF and Legendre polynomial methods are illustrated through some numerical examples.     

On solvability of differential equations with the Riesz fractional derivative

We consider the solvability of fractional differential equations involving the Riesz fractional derivative. Our approach basically relies on the reduction of the problem considered to the equivalent nonlinear mixed Volterra and Cauchy-type singular integral equation and on the theory of fractional calculus. By establishing a compactness property of the Riemann–Liouville fractional integral operator on Lebesgue spaces and using the well-known Krasnoselskii's fixed point theorem, an existence of at least one solution is gleaned. An example is finally included to show the applicability of the theory.     

Numerical solution for the weakly singular Fredholm integro-differential equations using Legendre multiwavelets

An effective method based upon Legendre multiwavelets is proposed for the solution of Fredholm weakly singular integro-differential equations. The properties of Legendre multiwavelets are first given and their operational matrices of integral are constructed. These wavelets are utilized to reduce the solution of the given integro-differential equation to the solution of a sparse linear system of algebraic equations. In order to save memory requirement and computational time, a threshold procedure is applied to obtain the solution to this system of algebraic equations. Through numerical examples, performance of the present method is investigated concerning the convergence and the sparseness of the resulted matrix equation.     

B-Spline collocation method for linear and nonlinear Fredholm and Volterra integro-differential equations

A numerical method based on quintic B-spline has been developed to solve the linear and nonlinear Fredholm and Volterra integro-differential equations up to order 4. The solution and its derivatives are collocated by quintic B-spline and then the integral equation is approximated by the 4-points Gauss–Turán quadrature formula with respect to the weight function Legendre. The error analysis of proposed numerical method is studied theoretically. Numerical results are given to illustrate the efficiency of the proposed method which shows that our method can be applied for large values of N. The results are compared with the results obtained by other methods which show that our method is accurate.     

Banach空间中不连续非线性Volterra型积分方程的唯一解

本文在一般序Ｂａｎａｃｈ空间中研究了不连续非线性Ｖｏｌｔｅｒｒａ型积分方程的唯一解．在非常弱的条件下证明了非线性Ｖｏｌｔｅｒｒａ型积分方程的唯一解可以由迭代序列的一致极限得到,并给出了逼近解的迭代序列的误差估计式,然后应用到一阶微分方程的初值问题,本质改进并推广了最近的一些结果．     

Generalized Cauchy type problems for nonlinear fractional differential equations with composite fractional derivative operator

This paper is devoted to proving the existence and uniqueness of solutions to Cauchy type problems for fractional differential equations with composite fractional derivative operator on a finite interval of the real axis in spaces of summable functions. An approach based on the equivalence of the nonlinear Cauchy type problem to a nonlinear Volterra integral equation of the second kind and applying a variant of the Banach’s fixed point theorem to prove uniqueness and existence of the solution is presented. The Cauchy type problems for integro-differential equations of Volterra type with composite fractional derivative operator, which contain the generalized Mittag-Leffler function in the kernel, are considered. Using the method of successive approximation, and the Laplace transform method, explicit solutions of the open problem proposed by Srivastava and Tomovski (2009) [11] are established in terms of the multinomial Mittag-Leffler function.     

Legendre Galerkin method for weakly singular Fredholm integral equations and the corresponding eigenvalue problem

In this paper, we consider Galerkin method for weakly singular Fredholm integral equations of the second kind and its corresponding eigenvalue problem using Legendre polynomial basis functions of degree ≤n. We obtain the convergence rates for the approximated solution and iterated solution in weakly singular Fredholm integral equations of the second kind and also obtain the error bounds for the approximated eigenelements in the corresponding eigenvalue problem. We illustrate our results with numerical examples.     

Fractional collocation boundary value methods for the second kind Volterra equations with weakly singular kernels

Numerical Algorithms - We discuss the numerical solution to a class of weakly singular Volterra integral equations in this paper. Firstly, the fractional Lagrange interpolation is applied to deal...     

Numerical solution of a nonuniquely solvable Volterra integral equation using extrapolation methods

In this work the numerical solution of a Volterra integral equation with a certain weakly singular kernel, depending on a real parameter μ, is considered. Although for certain values of μ this equation possesses an infinite set of solutions, we have been able to prove that Euler's method converges to a particular solution. It is also shown that the error allows an asymptotic expansion in fractional powers of the stepsize, so that general extrapolation algorithms, like the E-algorithm, can be applied to improve the numerical results. This is illustrated by means of some examples.     

Numerical solution of singular IVPs of Lane–Emden type using a modified Legendre-spectral method

In this paper, a numerical method for singular initial value problems of the Lane–Emden type in the second-order ordinary differential equations is proposed. The method changes solving the equation to solving a Volterra integral equation. We have applied the improved Legendre-spectral method to solve Lane–Emden type equations. The Legendre Gauss points are used as collocation nodes and Lagrange interpolation is employed in Volterra term. The results reveal that the method is effective, simple and accurate.     

A hybrid collocation method for a nonlinear Volterra integral equation with weakly singular kernel

This work is concerned with the numerical solution of a nonlinear weakly singular Volterra integral equation. Owing to the singular behavior of the solution near the origin, the global convergence order of product integration and collocation methods is not optimal. In order to recover the optimal orders a hybrid collocation method is used which combines a non-polynomial approximation on the first subinterval followed by piecewise polynomial collocation on a graded mesh. Some numerical examples are presented which illustrate the theoretical results and the performance of the method. A comparison is made with the standard graded collocation method.     

A new operational vector approach for time-fractional subdiffusion equations of distributed order based on hybrid functions

This research study deals with the numerical solutions of linear and nonlinear time-fractional subdiffusion equations of distributed order. The main aim of our approach is based on the hybrid of block-pulse functions and shifted Legendre polynomials. We produce a novel and exact operational vector for the fractional Riemann–Liouville integral and use it via the Gauss–Legendre quadrature formula and collocation method. Consequently, we reduce the proposed equations to systems of equations. The convergence and error bounds for the new method are investigated. Six problems are tested to confirm the accuracy of the proposed approach. Comparisons between the obtained numerical results and other existing methods are provided. Numerical experiments illustrate the reliability, applicability, and efficiency of the proposed method.     

非线性弱奇性Volterra积分方程的谱配置法

基于已有文献的研究成果及前期工作,我们考察了非线性弱奇性Volterra积分方程（VIE）的谱配置法,并对该方法进行了收敛性分析.得到的结论是数值误差呈谱收敛.误差收敛阶与配置点个数及方程解的正则性相关.数值实验也证实了这一结论.本文的方法解决了已有文献中类似数值方法（Allaei（2016）,Sohrabi（2017））存在的问题.