On a spectral solver for highly oscillatory and non-smooth solutions of a class of linear fractional differential systems
Amin Faghih
TL;DR
The paper addresses solving linear fractional differential systems with non-constant coefficients that exhibit highly oscillatory and non-smooth behavior. It introduces a Müntz-Jacobi spectral Galerkin method, where solutions are expanded in a Müntz-Jacobi basis and the coefficients are computed via recurrence relations, avoiding large ill-conditioned algebraic systems. The authors provide a regularity analysis guiding the basis choice, prove unique solvability of the recurrence-based scheme, and establish spectral $L^2$-convergence under suitable assumptions. Numerical experiments validate the method's high accuracy and stability for challenging oscillatory problems while comparing favorably to existing collocation and FHBVM approaches.
Abstract
This study discusses a class of linear systems of fractional differential equations with non-constant coefficients, with a particular focus on problems exhibiting highly oscillatory and non-smooth behavior. We first establish the regularity properties of the solutions under specific conditions on the input data. A spectral Galerkin method based on Müntz-Jacobi functions is developed that efficiently handle the non-smooth and highly oscillatory solutions. A key advantage of the proposed approach is the ability to compute the approximate solution via recurrence relations, avoiding the need to solve complex algebraic systems. Moreover, the method remains stable even at higher approximation degrees, effectively capturing highly oscillatory solutions with high accuracy. The well-known exponential accuracy is established in the $L^2$-norm, and some numerical examples are provided to demonstrate both the validity of the theoretical analysis and the efficiency of the proposed algorithm.
