Numerical analysis of fourth-order compact difference scheme for inhomogeneous time-fractional Burgers-Huxley equation

Abstract

The time-fractional Burgers-Huxley (TFBH) equation is a typical fractional parabolic equation, it is an evolutionary model describing the propagation of neural pulses. The high-accuracy numerical method for studying TFBH equation has important scientific significance and engineering application value. In this paper, a high-order compact difference scheme is constructed for inhomogeneous TFBH equation. The time-fractional derivative is discretized by L1 formula, and the spatial derivative is approximated by fourth-order precision compact approximation. We analyzed the existence and uniqueness of difference scheme solution, and proved the stability and convergence of the fourth-order compact scheme using the energy method. Numerical experiments show that the scheme converges to O(τ2−α+h4) under the strong regularity assumption. Under the condition of weak regularity, the scheme converges to O(τα+h4). It shows that the scheme has good robustness and high accuracy for solving inhomogeneous TFBH equation.