Abstract
We present general criteria ensuring the positivity of quadratic forms of convolution type generated by sequences of real numbers. A sharp result is obtained in the case of completely monotone sequences. Applications to widely used approximations of fractional integral and differential operators, including convolution quadrature and L1 formula on uniform temporal meshes, are presented and new inequalities are established. The results are found to be fundamental in the investigation of the numerical stability for time-fractional phase-field models. It is shown through a standard energy stability analysis and without the use of a fractional Grönwall inequality that several numerical schemes satisfy discrete energy dissipation laws.
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 2040-2053 |
Number of pages | 14 |
Journal | SIAM Journal on Numerical Analysis |
Volume | 59 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
Publication status | Published - 2021 |
Keywords
- Completely monotone sequence
- Convolution
- Discrete fractional operators
- Energy stable scheme
- Time-fractional phase-field equation
- positive quadratic forms
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Numerical Analysis
- Computational Mathematics
- Applied Mathematics