We consider an inverse problem of recovering a time-dependent factor of an unknown source on some subboundary for a diffusion equation with time fractional derivative by nonlocal measurement data. Such fractional-order equations describe anomalous diffusion of some contaminants in heterogeneous media such as soil and model the contamination process from an unknown source located on a part of the boundary of the concerned domain. For this inverse problem, we firstly establish the well-posedness in some Sobolev space. Then we propose two regularizing schemes in order to reconstruct an unknown boundary source stably in terms of the noisy measurement data. The first regularizing scheme is based on an integral equation of the second kind which an unknown boundary source solves, and we prove a convergence rate of regularized solutions with a suitable choice strategy of the regularizing parameter. The second regularizing scheme relies directly on discretization by the radial basis function for the initial-boundary value problem for fractional diffusion equation, and we carry out numerical tests, which show the validity of our proposed regularizing scheme.

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In this article the authors present a new solver for the Poisson problem on spherical shells. The method is derived by application of the Fast Fourier Transform (FFT) in all three spherical variables. Through a particular change of variables valid on spherical shells, this new approach avoids a variable coefficient on the radial differential operator, resulting in a constant-coefficient formulation that can be fast-diagonalized via FFT. The authors describe the Fourier expansion in the angular variables and the fast diagonalization of the radial derivative using the FFT, including second-, fourth- and sixth-order finite difference approximations. An algorithmic description of the sixth-order solver is described, and numerical tests that demonstrate the theoretical rate of convergence are presented.

This paper deals with the numerical resolution of kinetic models for systems of self-propelled particles subject to alignment interaction and attraction-repulsion. We focus on the kinetic model considered in \cite{DM, DLMP} where alignment is taken into account in addition of an attraction-repulsion interaction potential. We apply a discontinuous Galerkin method for the free transport and non-local drift velocity together with a spectral method for the velocity variable. Then, we analyse consistency and stability of the semi-discrete scheme. We propose several numerical experiments which provide a solid validation of the method and its underlying concepts.

We propose an explicit numerical method for the periodic Korteweg–de Vries equation. Our method is based on a Lawson-type exponential integrator for time integration and the Rusanov scheme for Burgers’ nonlinearity. We prove first-order convergence in both space and time under a mild Courant–Friedrichs–Lewy condition τ=O(h)⁠, where τ and h represent the time step and mesh size for solutions in the Sobolev space H^3((−π,π))⁠, respectively. Numerical examples illustrating our convergence result are given.