Fractional partial differential equations with boundary conditions
Abstract
We identify the stochastic processes associated with one-sided fractional partial differential equations on a bounded domain with various boundary conditions. This is essential for modelling using spatial fractional derivatives. We show well-posedness of the associated Cauchy problems in C0 (Ω) and L1 (Ω). In order to do so we develop a new method of embedding finite state Markov processes into Feller processes on bounded domains and then show convergence of the respective Feller processes. This also gives a numerical approximation of the solution. The proof of well-posedness closes a gap in many numerical algorithm articles approximating solutions to fractional differential equations that use the Lax-Richtmyer Equivalence Theorem to prove convergence without checking well-posedness.
- Publication:
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Journal of Differential Equations
- Pub Date:
- January 2018
- DOI:
- 10.1016/j.jde.2017.09.040
- arXiv:
- arXiv:1706.07266
- Bibcode:
- 2018JDE...264.1377B
- Keywords:
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- Nonlocal operators;
- Fractional differential equations;
- Stable processes;
- Reflected stable processes;
- Feller processes;
- Mathematics - Analysis of PDEs;
- Mathematics - Numerical Analysis;
- Mathematics - Probability
- E-Print:
- Journal of Differential Equations 264 (2018), 1377-1410