Existence and Uniqueness of the Solution for a Time-Fractional Diffusion Equation with Robin Boundary Condition

Existence and uniqueness of the solution for a time-fractional diffusion equation with Robin boundary condition on a bounded domain with Lyapunov boundary is proved in the space of continuous functions up to boundary. Since a Green matrix of the problem is known, we may seek the solution as the line...

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Main Author: Jukka Kemppainen
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Language:English
Published: Wiley 2011-01-01
Series:Abstract and Applied Analysis
Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/321903
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description Existence and uniqueness of the solution for a time-fractional diffusion equation with Robin boundary condition on a bounded domain with Lyapunov boundary is proved in the space of continuous functions up to boundary. Since a Green matrix of the problem is known, we may seek the solution as the linear combination of the single-layer potential, the volume potential, and the Poisson integral. Then the original problem may be reduced to a Volterra integral equation of the second kind associated with a compact operator. Classical analysis may be employed to show that the corresponding integral equation has a unique solution if the boundary data is continuous, the initial data is continuously differentiable, and the source term is Hölder continuous in the spatial variable. This in turn proves that the original problem has a unique solution.
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spelling doaj-art-5f49810924e6498ab9b5ad38aba33fe82025-02-03T00:59:21ZengWileyAbstract and Applied Analysis1085-33751687-04092011-01-01201110.1155/2011/321903321903Existence and Uniqueness of the Solution for a Time-Fractional Diffusion Equation with Robin Boundary ConditionJukka Kemppainen0Mathematics Division, Department of Electrical and Information Engineering, Faculty of Technology, University of Oulu, PL 4500, 90014 Oulu, FinlandExistence and uniqueness of the solution for a time-fractional diffusion equation with Robin boundary condition on a bounded domain with Lyapunov boundary is proved in the space of continuous functions up to boundary. Since a Green matrix of the problem is known, we may seek the solution as the linear combination of the single-layer potential, the volume potential, and the Poisson integral. Then the original problem may be reduced to a Volterra integral equation of the second kind associated with a compact operator. Classical analysis may be employed to show that the corresponding integral equation has a unique solution if the boundary data is continuous, the initial data is continuously differentiable, and the source term is Hölder continuous in the spatial variable. This in turn proves that the original problem has a unique solution.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/321903
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Existence and Uniqueness of the Solution for a Time-Fractional Diffusion Equation with Robin Boundary Condition
Abstract and Applied Analysis
title Existence and Uniqueness of the Solution for a Time-Fractional Diffusion Equation with Robin Boundary Condition
title_full Existence and Uniqueness of the Solution for a Time-Fractional Diffusion Equation with Robin Boundary Condition
title_fullStr Existence and Uniqueness of the Solution for a Time-Fractional Diffusion Equation with Robin Boundary Condition
title_full_unstemmed Existence and Uniqueness of the Solution for a Time-Fractional Diffusion Equation with Robin Boundary Condition
title_short Existence and Uniqueness of the Solution for a Time-Fractional Diffusion Equation with Robin Boundary Condition
title_sort existence and uniqueness of the solution for a time fractional diffusion equation with robin boundary condition
url http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2011/321903
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