A discrete Grönwall inequality with application to numerical schemes for subdiffusion problems

Abstract

We consider a class of numerical approximations to the Caputo fractional derivative. Our assumptions permit the use of nonuniform time steps, such as is appropriate for accurately resolving the behavior of a solution whose derivatives are singular at~$t=0$. The main result is a type of fractional Grönwall inequality and we illustrate its use by outlining some stability and convergence estimates of schemes for fractional reaction-subdiffusion problems. This approach extends earlier work that used the familiar L1 approximation to the Caputo fractional derivative, and will facilitate the analysis of higher order and linearized fast schemes.

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