A fourth-order compact solver for fractional-in-time fourth-order diffusion equations

A fourth-order compact scheme is proposed for a fourth-order subdiffusion equation with the first Dirichlet boundary conditions. The fourth-order problem is firstly reduced into a couple of spatially second-order system and we use an averaged operator to construct a fourth-order spatial approximation. This averaged operator is compact since it involves only two grid points for the derivative boundary conditions. The L1 formula on irregular mesh is considered for the Caputo fractional derivative, so we can resolve the initial singularity of solution by putting more grid points near the initial time. The stability and convergence are established by using three theoretical tools: a complementary discrete convolution kernel, a discrete fractional Gronwall inequality and an error convolution structure. Some numerical experiments are reported to demonstrate the accuracy and efficiency of our method.

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