A new strategy based on the logarithmic Chebyshev cardinal functions for Hadamard time fractional coupled nonlinear Schrödinger–Hirota equations

Abstract

In this research, the Hadamard fractional derivative is used to define the time fractional coupled nonlinear Schrödinger–Hirota equations. The logarithmic Chebyshev cardinal functions, as a new category of cardinal functions, are introduced to build a numerical method to solve this system. To do this, the Hadamard fractional differentiation matrix of these functions is obtained. In the developed method, by considering a hybrid approximation of the problem’s solution using the logarithmic Chebyshev cardinal functions (for the temporal variable) and classical Chebyshev cardinal polynomials (for the spatial variable), and employing the interpolation property of these basis functions, along with the expressed derivative matrix, solving the fractional system turns into obtaining the solution of an algebraic system of equations. Two numerical examples are investigated to acknowledge the high accuracy of the introduced procedure.