Analysis of a nonlocal-in-time parabolic equation

In this paper, we consider an initial boundary value problem for nonlocal-in-time parabolic equations involving a nonlocal in time derivative. We first show the uniqueness and existence of the weak solution of the nonlocal-in-time parabolic equation, and also the spatial smoothing properties. Moreover, we develop a new framework to study the local limit of the nonlocal model as the horizon parameter δ approaches 0. Exploiting the spatial smoothing properties, we develop a semi-discrete scheme using standard Galerkin finite element method for the spatial discretization, and derive error estimates dependent on data smoothness. Finally, extensive numerical results are presented to illustrate our theoretical findings.

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