Numerical solutions for the reaction–diffusion, diffusion‐wave, and Cattaneo equations using a new operational matrix for the Caputo–Fabrizio derivative

Abstract

In this research work, we study the model of nonlinear reaction–diffusion equation, diffusion‐wave equation, and Cattaneo equation with the help of a numerical method in which time‐fractional derivative is of Caputo–Fabrizio type (C‐F). First, we derive a formula of the fractional‐order C‐F derivative of xk. Using this formula and some properties of shifted Chebyshev polynomials, we find out the operational matrix of the C‐F derivative. We solve a new class of fractional partial differential equations (FPDEs) using the collocation method and C‐F operational matrix. We depict the feasibility and validity of this numerical method by giving the solution of some numerical examples. We take the diffusion equation, nonlinear reaction–diffusion equation, diffusion‐wave equation, and Cattaneo equation as a particular case of our model. By comparing the obtained numerical results with the given exact solution, we draw an error table depicting that our results are so accurate and desirable accuracy. In the authors' knowledge, the C‐F shifted Chebyshev operational matrix is derived for the first time in this work.