Monotone iterative technique for solving finite difference systems of time fractional parabolic equations with initial/periodic conditions

This article is devoted to a numerical analysis of two types of fractional nonlinear reaction -diffusion problems with periodic conditions or with initial conditions. We also consider two types of derivative in time, the first one is that of Caputo and the second is the conformable derivative; we discretize the problem via a finite difference method. We construct two iterative schemes by the upper and lower solutions method which converges monotonically towards a maximal solution or a minimal solution of the considered problem when the mesh decreases to zero, depending on whether the initial iteration is an upper solution or a lower solution. A comparison lemma for the different monotone sequences is also proved. The presented iterative scheme is used to show that the finite difference system converges to continuous solutions of the fractional reaction -diffusion problem. Finally to validate the theoretical results some examples with numerical simulations of reaction-diffusion problem are also presented and discussed in detail. (c) 2022 IMACS. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.