A diffusion–convection problem with a fractional derivative along the trajectory of motion

Abstract

Abstract A new mathematical model of the diffusion–convective process with ‘memory along the flow path’ is proposed. This process is described by a homogeneous one-dimensional Dirichlet initial-boundary value problem with a fractional derivative along the characteristic curve of the convection operator. A finite-difference approximation of the problem is constructed and investigated. The stability estimates for finite-difference schemes are proved. The accuracy estimates are given for the case of sufficiently smooth input data and the solution.