A Fourth Order Non-Polynomial Quintic Spline Collocation Technique for Solving Time Fractional Superdiffusion Equations

Abstract

The purpose of this article is to present a technique for the numerical solution of Caputo time fractional superdiffusion equation. The central difference approximation is used to discretize the time derivative, while non-polynomial quintic spline is employed as an interpolating function in the spatial direction. The proposed method is shown to be unconditionally stable and O(h4+ Δ t2) accurate. In order to check the feasibility of the proposed technique, some test examples have been considered and the simulation results are compared with those available in the existing literature. © 2019, The Author(s).