Numeric Fem’s Solution for Space-Time Diffusion Partial Differential Equations with Caputo–Fabrizion and Riemann–Liouville Fractional Order’s Derivatives

Abstract In this paper, we use the finite element method to solve the fractional space-time diffusion equation over finite fields. This equation is obtained from the standard diffusion equation by replacing the first temporal derivative with the new fractional derivative recently introduced by Caputo and Fabrizion and the second spatial derivative with the Riemann–Liouville fractional derivative. The existence and uniqueness of the numerical solution and the result of error estimation are given. Numerical examples are used to support the theoretical results.