Temporal Second-order Scheme for a Hidden-memory Variable Order Time Fractional Diffusion Equation with an Initial Singularity

In this work, a novel time-stepping L1¯\documentclass[12pt]{minimal} \usepackage{amsmath} \usepackage{wasysym} \usepackage{amsfonts} \usepackage{amssymb} \usepackage{amsbsy} \usepackage{mathrsfs} \usepackage{upgreek} \setlength{\oddsidemargin}{-69pt} \begin{document}$$\overline{L1}$$\end{document} formula is developed for a hidden-memory variable-order Caputo’s fractional derivative with an initial singularity. This formula can obtain second-order accuracy and an error estimate is analyzed strictly. As an application, a fully discrete difference scheme is established for the initial-boundary value problem of a hidden-memory variable-order time fractional diffusion model. Numerical experiments are provided to support our theoretical results.