A numerical method for fractal conservation laws

A numerical method for fractal conservation laws

We consider a fractal scalar conservation law, that is to say, a conservation law modified by a fractional power of the Laplace operator, and we propose a numerical method to approximate its solutions. We make a theoretical study of the method, proving in the case of an initial data belonging to L∞ ∩ BV that the approximate solutions converge in L∞ weak-∗ and in Lp strong for p < ∞, and we give...

A Numerical Method for Fractal Conservation Laws

We consider a fractal scalar conservation law, that is to say, a conservation law modified by a fractional power of the Laplace operator, and we propose a numerical method to approximate its solutions. We make a theoretical study of the method, proving in the case of an initial data belonging to L∞ ∩ BV that the approximate solutions converge in L∞ weak-∗ and in Lp strong for p < ∞, and we give...

The Discontinuous Galerkin Method for Fractal Conservation Laws

We propose, analyze, and demonstrate a discontinuous Galerkin method for fractional conservation laws. Various stability estimates are established along with error estimates for regular solutions of linear equations. Moreover, in the nonlinear case and when piecewise constant elements are utilized, we prove a rate of convergence toward the unique entropy solution. We present numerical results f...

A uniformly converging scheme for fractal conservation laws

The fractal conservation law ∂tu + ∂x( f (u)) + (−∆)α/2u = 0 changes characteristics as α → 2 from non-local and weakly diffusive to local and strongly diffusive. In this paper we present a corrected finite difference quadrature method for (−∆)α/2 with α ∈ [0,2], combined with usual finite volume methods for the hyperbolic term, that automatically adjusts to this change and is uniformly converg...

Numerical Experimentswithmultilevel Schemes for Conservation Laws