Generalized fractional diffusion equation with arbitrary time varying diffusivity

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Highlights:

• We consider the space-time fractional diffusion equation with a general time-dependent diffusion coefficient (Generalized fractional Batchelors equation).

• We solve the generalized fractional equation analytically using the Laplace-Fourier technique.

• We have interpreted the general solution into three of the most well-known special cases describing anomalous diffusion in physical, biological, and geological systems.

• We illustrate the probability distribution functions and the mean square displacement for each case of the time-dependent diffusion coefficients.

摘要

•We consider the space-time fractional diffusion equation with a general time-dependent diffusion coefficient (Generalized fractional Batchelors equation).•We solve the generalized fractional equation analytically using the Laplace-Fourier technique.•We have interpreted the general solution into three of the most well-known special cases describing anomalous diffusion in physical, biological, and geological systems.•We illustrate the probability distribution functions and the mean square displacement for each case of the time-dependent diffusion coefficients.

论文关键词:Fractional calculus- Anomalous diffusion- Fox’s H-function

论文评审过程:Received 23 March 2021, Revised 3 June 2021, Accepted 9 June 2021, Available online 23 June 2021, Version of Record 23 June 2021.

论文官网地址:https://doi.org/10.1016/j.amc.2021.126449