Galerkin Finite Element Method for Nonlinear Fractional Differential Equations

Abstract

In this paper, we study the existence, regularity, and approximation of the solution for a class of nonlinear fractional differential equations. {In order to do this}, suitable variational formulations are defined for a nonlinear boundary value problems with Riemann-Liouville and Caputo fractional derivatives together with the homogeneous Dirichlet condition. We {investigate} the well-posedness and also the regularity of the corresponding weak solutions. Then, we develop a Galerkin finite element approach {\color{blue}for} the numerical approximation of the weak formulations and {drive a priori error estimates and prove the stability of the schemes}. Finally, some numerical experiments are provided to {demonstrate} the accuracy of the proposed method.