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Article

Numerical Treatment of the Time Fractional Diffusion Wave Problem Using Chebyshev Polynomials

by
S. S. Alzahrani
1,*,
Abeer A. Alanazi
1 and
Ahmed Gamal Atta
2,*
1
Department of Mathematics, College of Science, Taibah University, Madinah P.O. Box 344, Saudi Arabia
2
Department of Mathematics, Faculty of Education, Ain Shams University, Roxy, Cairo 11341, Egypt
*
Authors to whom correspondence should be addressed.
Symmetry 2025, 17(9), 1451; https://doi.org/10.3390/sym17091451
Submission received: 20 July 2025 / Revised: 1 August 2025 / Accepted: 21 August 2025 / Published: 4 September 2025
(This article belongs to the Section Mathematics)

Abstract

This paper introduces an efficient numerical method based on applying the typical Petrov–Galerkin approach ( PGA ) to solve the time fractional diffusion wave equation ( TFDWE ). The method utilises asymmetric polynomials, namely, shifted second-kind Chebyshev polynomials ( SSKCPs ). New derivative formulas are derived and used for these polynomials to establish the operational matrices of their derivatives. The paper presents rigorous error bounds for the proposed method in Chebyshev-weighted Sobolev space and demonstrates its accuracy and efficiency through several illustrative numerical examples. The results reveal that the method achieves high accuracy with relatively low polynomial degrees.

1. Introduction

Fractional differential equations (FDEs) are crucial in numerous areas of the practical sciences. They provide an excellent explanation of why traditional differential equations (DEs) fail to capture some phenomena. This is due to their exceptional ability to model memory and hereditary properties. Numerical analysis is usually employed to solve these equations due to their analytical impossibility. Various FDEs have been solved numerically using several methods. Among these methods are the Chelyshkov wavelet scheme [1], the Ritz-Piecewise Gegenbauer approach [2], the homotopy analysis transform method [3], the Adomian spectral method [4], the Adomian decomposition method [5], the finite difference method [6], the finite element method [7], and Laplace optimized decomposition [8].
Spectral methods are powerful techniques for solving differential equations (DEs). FDEs and high-order ordinary DEs can be solved effectively using these methods. For smooth problems, their ability to achieve exponential or high-order convergence makes them incredibly precise, which constitutes their main advantage over traditional numerical methods. These methods extend the solution based on global basis functions, usually special functions or special polynomials, providing a precise approximation with a minimal number of degrees of freedom. Many studies have focused on using these methods to solve various types of DEs. For instance, the authors in [9] used PGA to approximate the Kudryashov–Sinelshchikov equation. In [10], the authors used the collocation method to approximate the nonlinear ordinary and fractional Newell–Whitehead–Segel equation. Also, in [11], the author used PGA to solve the TFDWE . For more studies, see [12,13,14,15,16,17,18,19,20].
Orthogonal polynomials are widely used in science and engineering due to their excellent computational and approximation capabilities. They can be classified as either symmetric or asymmetric. The Chebyshev polynomials (CPs) are highly regarded for their significance and are among the essential orthogonal polynomials. The four well-known CPs are all special cases of Jacobi polynomials. The first and second types of polynomials are symmetric, whereas the third and fourth types are asymmetric. In numerical analysis, they are very important for spectral techniques for solving DEs because they give very accurate results with few retained modes. Some applications of orthogonal polynomials can be found in [21,22,23,24]. Of paramount relevance in theory and practice are the CPs. The CPs and their shifted forms have been used to solve various types of DEs. The authors in [25] employed CPs to treat high-order DEs. The authors in [26] used the fifth-kind CPs spectral method to solve the convection-diffusion equation. The authors in [27] presented a numerical technique based on CPs. For more studies, see [28,29,30,31].
Our main contributions, including the novelty of our work, are listed in the following items:
  • Proposing new basis functions in terms of SSKCPs to treat this type of FDE.
  • Developing some new theoretical results of SSKCPs , such as their definite integral formulas.
  • Designing a new PGA for treating the TFDWE based on the theoretical background of these polynomials.
The paper is structured as follows: The following section describes some of the characteristics of fractional calculus. Moreover, some features of SSKCPs are given in this section. Section 3 proposes a numerical approach to solving TFDWE with homogeneous conditions using PGA . Section 4 investigates the error bound of the developed double expansion. Some numerical experiments are described in Section 5 to illustrate the efficiency and precision of our numerical scheme. Finally, some conclusions are reported in Section 6.

2. Some Fundamentals

2.1. Caputo Fractional Derivative

Definition 1
([32]). The Caputo fractional derivative of order ν is defined as:
D ρ ν Z ( ρ ) = 1 Γ ( s ν ) 0 ρ ( ρ y ) s ν 1 Z ( s ) ( y ) d y , ν > 0 , ρ > 0 ,
where s 1 ν < s , s N .
The following features are classified by the operator D ρ ν for s 1 ν < s , s N ,
D ρ ν c = 0 , ( c i s a c o n s t a n t )
D ρ ν ρ s = 0 , i f   s N 0 a n d s < ν , s ! Γ ( s ν + 1 ) ρ s ν , i f   s N 0 a n d s p ν ,
where N 0 = N { 0 } , N = { 1 , 2 , 3 , } and the notation ν denotes the ceiling function.

2.2. An Overview of SSKCPs

The SSKCPs defined in the interval [ 0 , 1 ] by U k s ( ρ ) = U k ( 2 ρ 1 ) are denoted by U k s ( ρ ) . The definition of these polynomials is [33]
U k s ( ρ ) = r = 0 k χ r , k ρ r , k 0 ,
where
χ r , k = 2 2 r ( 1 ) k + r ( k + r + 1 ) ! ( 2 r + 1 ) ! ( k r ) ! ,
and fulfills the orthogonality relation [33]:
0 1 w ^ ( ρ ) U m s ( ρ ) U n s ( ρ ) d ρ = π 8 δ m , n ,
where w ^ ( ρ ) = ρ ρ 2 and δ m , n is the well-known Kronecker delta.
The recurrence relation of U m s ( ρ ) is
U m s ( ρ ) = 2 2 ρ 1 U m 1 s ( ρ ) U m 2 s ( ρ ) ,
where U 0 s ( ρ ) = 1 , U 1 s ( ρ ) = 2 ρ 1 .
Moreover, the inversion formula is [33]
ρ k = p = 0 k B p , k U p s ( ρ ) , j 0 ,
where
B p , k = 4 Γ k + 3 2 ( p + 1 ) k ! π ( k p ) ! ( p + k + 2 ) ! .
Lemma 1
([33]). Let i and m be any two integers that are not negative. The moment formula for the U m s ( ρ ) is provided by
ρ i U m s ( ρ ) = k = i m i + m F k , i , m U k s ( ρ ) ,
where
F k , i , m = 1 2 2 i 2 i i k + m .
Corollary 1
([34]). The first derivative of U j s ( t ) is
d U j s ( t ) d t = 4 p = 0 ( p + j ) odd j 1 ( p + 1 ) U p s ( t ) , j 1 .
Remark 1.
For m Z and n N 0 , the following relation is satisfied
0 1 w ^ ( ρ ) U m s ( ρ ) U n s ( ρ ) d ρ = π 8 λ m , n ,
where
λ m , n = 1 , i f m 0 , n = m , 1 , i f m < 1 , n + m = 2 , 0 , o t h e r w i s e .

3. Treatment for the TFDWE with Homogeneous Conditions

This section focuses on examining PGA to address the following TFDWE [35]:
ν Z ( ρ , t ) t ν + a Z ( ρ , t ) t + b Z ( ρ , t ) 2 Z ( ρ , t ) ρ 2 = g ( ρ , t ) , 1 < ν < 2 ,
subject to homogeneous initial and boundary conditions ( HIBC s )
Z ( ρ , 0 ) = Z t ( ρ , 0 ) = 0 , 0 ρ 1 , Z ( 0 , t ) = Z ( 1 , t ) = 0 , 0 t 1 ,
where g ( ρ , t ) is the source term and a and b are the coefficients of the damping and reaction terms, respectively.

3.1. Basis Functions

Consider the following basis functions
ζ i ( ρ ) = ρ ( 1 ρ ) U i s ( ρ ) , P j ( t ) = t 2 U j s ( t ) .
Remark 2.
The basis functions specified in (7) meet the conditions listed below
P k ( 0 ) = d P k ( 0 ) d ρ = ζ k ( 0 ) = ζ k ( 1 ) = 0 .
Also, by virtue of the orthogonality relation in (2), we obtain the following relations
0 1 ζ i ( ρ ) ζ j ( ρ ) ω 4 ( ρ ) d ρ = π 8 δ i , j ,
and
0 1 P i ( t ) P j ( t ) ω 3 ( t ) d t = π 8 δ i , j ,
where ω 4 ( ρ ) = w ^ ( ρ ) ρ 2 ( 1 ρ ) 2 and ω 3 ( t ) = w ^ ( t ) t 4 .
Theorem 1
([34]). It is possible to clearly express the second-derivative of ζ i ( ρ ) in terms of U j s ( ρ ) as
d 2 ζ i ( ρ ) d ρ 2 = j = 0 i μ j , i U j s ( ρ ) ,
where
μ j , i = 2 ( j + 1 ) , i f ( i + j ) e v e n and i > j , ( i + 1 ) ( i + 2 ) , i f   i = j , 0 , o t h e r w i s e .

3.2. PGA for the TFDWE with Homogeneous Conditions

Assume that the TFDWE (5), governed by the HIBC s (6).
Now, consider
T L ( Ω ) = span { ζ i ( ρ ) P j ( t ) : i , j = 0 , 1 , , L } , L L ( Ω ) = { Z ( ρ , t ) T L ( Ω ) : Z ( ρ , 0 ) = Z t ( ρ , 0 ) = Z ( 0 , t ) = Z ( 1 , t ) = 0 } ,
where Ω = [ 0 , 1 ] 2 . Then, any Z L ( ρ , t ) L L ( Ω ) can be expressed as
Z L ( ρ , t ) = i = 0 L j = 0 L c i j ζ i ( ρ ) P j ( t ) = ζ C P T ,
where
ζ = [ ζ 0 ( ρ ) , ζ 1 ( ρ ) , , ζ L ( ρ ) ] , P T = [ P 0 ( t ) , P 1 ( t ) , , P L ( t ) ] T ,
and the matrix of unknowns with order ( L + 1 ) 2 is C = ( c i j ) 0 i , j L .
Now, the residual R ( ρ , t ) of Equation (5) can be calculated
R ( ρ , t ) = ν Z L ( ρ , t ) t ν + a Z L ( ρ , t ) t + b Z L ( ρ , t ) 2 Z L ( ρ , t ) ρ 2 g ( ρ , t ) .
The application of PGA leads to
0 1 0 1 R ( ρ , t ) U r s ( ρ ) U s s ( t ) w ( ρ , t ) d ρ d t = 0 , 0 r , s L ,
where w ( ρ , t ) = w ^ ( ρ ) w ^ ( t ) .
  • Assume that
G = ( g r , s ) ( L + 1 ) × ( L + 1 ) , g r , s = 0 1 0 1 g ( ρ , t ) U r s ( ρ ) U s s ( t ) w ( ρ , t ) d ρ d t , M = ( m i , r ) ( L + 1 ) × ( L + 1 ) , m i , r = 0 1 ζ i ( ρ ) U r s ( ρ ) ω 1 ( ρ ) d ρ , P = ( p i , r ) ( L + 1 ) × ( L + 1 ) , p i , r = 0 1 d 2 ζ i ( ρ ) d ρ 2 U r s ( ρ ) ω 1 ( ρ ) d ρ , F = ( f j , s ) ( L + 1 ) × ( L + 1 ) , f j , s = 0 1 P j ( t ) U s s ( t ) ω 1 ( t ) d t , K = ( k j , s ) ( L + 1 ) × ( L + 1 ) , k j , s = 0 1 d P j ( t ) d t U s s ( t ) ω 1 ( t ) d t , Q = ( q j , s ) ( L + 1 ) × ( L + 1 ) , q j , s = 0 1 [ D t ν P j ( t ) ] U s s ( t ) ω 1 ( t ) d t .
Therefore, Equation (9) can be rewritten in matrix form as
M T C Q + a M T C K + b M T C F P T C F = G .
Finally, the system of Equations (10) of order ( L + 1 ) 2 can be solved utilizing the Gauss elimination method.
Theorem 2.
The elements of matrices M , P , F , K , and Q are given as
( 1 ) m i , r = 0 1 ζ i ( ρ ) U r s ( ρ ) w ^ ( ρ ) d ρ = π 8 k = 1 i 1 + i F k , 1 , i λ k , r k = 2 i 2 + i F k , 2 , i λ k , r , ( 2 ) p i , r = 0 1 d 2 ζ i ( ρ ) d ρ 2 U r s ( ρ ) w ^ ( ρ ) d ρ = π 8 j = 0 i μ j , i δ j , r , ( 3 ) f j , s = 0 1 P j ( t ) U s s ( t ) w ^ ( t ) d t = π 8 k = 2 j 2 + j F k , 2 , j λ k , s , ( 4 ) k j , s = 0 1 d P j ( t ) d t U s s ( t ) w ^ ( t ) d t = π 2 k = 2 j 2 + j p = 0 ( p + k ) o d d k 1 F k , 2 , j ( p + 1 ) λ p , s , ( 5 ) q j , s = 0 1 [ D t ν P j ( t ) ] U s s ( t ) w ^ ( t ) d t ,
where
q j , s = k = 0 j π 4 k 1 ( s + 1 ) Γ ( k + 3 ) ( 1 ) j + k + s Γ ( j + k + 2 ) Γ k ν + 7 2 Γ ( 2 k + 2 ) ( j k ) ! Γ ( k ν + 3 ) × F ˜ 2 3 s , s + 2 , ν + k + 7 2 3 2 , ν + k + 5 1 .
Proof. 
To prove the part (1), the application of Lemma 1 along with the definition of the basis function ζ i ( ρ ) = ρ ( 1 ρ ) U i s ( ρ ) , enables us to write
ζ i ( ρ ) = ρ ( 1 ρ ) U i s ( ρ ) = k = 1 i 1 + i F k , 1 , i U k * ( ρ ) k = 2 i 2 + i F k , 2 , i U k * ( ρ ) ,
Now, the integration 0 1 ζ i ( ρ ) U r s ( ρ ) w ^ ( ρ ) d ρ can be written after using the last relation and the relation (4) as
0 1 ζ i ( ρ ) U r s ( ρ ) w ^ ( ρ ) d ρ = π 8 k = 1 i 1 + i F k , 1 , i λ k , r k = 2 i 2 + i F k , 2 , i λ k , r .
To prove the part (2), the application of Theorem 1 enables us to write 0 1 d 2 ζ i ( ρ ) d ρ 2 U r s ( ρ ) w ^ ( ρ ) d ρ , as
0 1 d 2 ζ i ( ρ ) d ρ 2 U r s ( ρ ) ω 1 ( ρ ) d ρ = j = 0 i μ j , i 0 1 U j s ( ρ ) U r s ( ρ ) w ^ ( ρ ) d ρ ,
which can be written after using the orthogonality relation (2) as
0 1 d 2 ζ i ( ρ ) d ρ 2 U r s ( ρ ) w ^ ( ρ ) d ρ = π 8 j = 0 i μ j , i δ j , r .
To prove the part (3), the application of Lemma 1 along with the definition of the basis function P j ( t ) = t 2 U j s ( t ) , enables us to write
P j ( t ) = t 2 U j s ( t ) = k = 2 j 2 + j F k , 2 , j U k * ( t ) ,
Now, using the last relation and relation (4), we get
0 1 P j ( t ) U s s ( t ) w ^ ( t ) d t = π 8 k = 2 j 2 + j F k , 2 , j λ k , s .
To prove part (4), the application of Corollary 1 and Equation (11), one has
d P j ( t ) d t = 4 k = 2 j 2 + j p = 0 ( p + k ) odd k 1 F k , 2 , j ( p + 1 ) U p s ( t ) .
Now, using the last relation and relation (4), we get
0 1 d P j ( t ) d t U s s ( t ) w ^ ( t ) d t = π 2 k = 2 j 2 + j p = 0 ( p + k ) odd k 1 F k , 2 , j ( p + 1 ) λ p , s .
To find the part (5): Using Equation (1) along with the orthogonality relation (2), one can write
0 1 [ D t ν P j ( t ) ] U s s ( t ) w ^ ( t ) d t = k = 0 j 2 2 k ( k + 2 ) ! ( 1 ) j + k ( j + k + 1 ) ! ( 2 k + 1 ) ! ( j k ) ! Γ ( k ν + 3 ) 0 1 U s s ( t ) t k + 2 ν w ^ ( t ) d t = k = 0 j 2 2 k ( k + 2 ) ! ( 1 ) j + k ( j + k + 1 ) ! ( 2 k + 1 ) ! ( j k ) ! Γ ( k ν + 3 ) n = 0 s 2 2 n ( 1 ) n + s ( n + s + 1 ) ! ( 2 n + 1 ) ! ( s n ) ! × 0 1 t ( 1 t ) t ν + k + n + 2 d t ,
the last equation may be written after using the relation given below
0 1 t ( 1 t ) t ν + k + n + 2 d t = π Γ k + n ν + 7 2 2 Γ ( k + n ν + 5 ) ,
as
q j , s = 0 1 [ D t ν P j ( t ) ] U s s ( t ) w ^ ( t ) d t = k = 0 j 2 2 k ( k + 2 ) ! ( 1 ) j + k ( j + k + 1 ) ! ( 2 k + 1 ) ! ( j k ) ! ( ν + k + 2 ) ! × n = 0 s π 2 2 n 1 ( 1 ) n + s Γ ( n + s + 2 ) Γ k + n ν + 7 2 Γ ( 2 n + 2 ) ( s n ) ! Γ ( k + n ν + 5 ) .
If we see the identity listed below:
n = 0 s π 2 2 n 1 ( 1 ) s + n ( s + n + 1 ) ! Γ n ν + k + 7 2 Γ ( 2 n + 2 ) ( s n ) ! Γ ( n ν + k + 5 ) = π ( s + 1 ) ( 1 ) s Γ k ν + 7 2 4 × 3 F ˜ 2 s , s + 2 , ν + k + 7 2 3 2 , ν + k + 5 1 ,
Now, inserting Equation (13) into Equation (12), we get
q j , s = k = 0 j π 4 k 1 ( s + 1 ) Γ ( k + 3 ) ( 1 ) j + k + s Γ ( j + k + 2 ) Γ k ν + 7 2 Γ ( 2 k + 2 ) ( j k ) ! Γ ( k ν + 3 ) × F ˜ 2 3 s , s + 2 , ν + k + 7 2 3 2 , ν + k + 5 1 .
Remark 3.
The expansion of d 2 ζ i ( ρ ) d ρ 2 in terms of U j s ( ρ ) is spectrally accurate since U j s ( ρ ) is complete in the weighted L 2 space. Additionally, the sparsity of the coefficients μ j , i results in a sparse matrix P , which significantly increases the method’s computational efficiency.

3.3. Transformation to the HIBC s

Assuming the following TFDWE [35]:
ν Y ( ρ , t ) t ν + a Y ( ρ , t ) t + b Y ( ρ , t ) 2 Y ( ρ , t ) ρ 2 = f ( ρ , t ) , 1 < ν < 2 ,
governed by the following constraints:
Y ( ρ , 0 ) = u 0 ( ρ ) , Y t ( ρ , 0 ) = u 1 ( ρ ) , 0 ρ 1 ,
Y ( 0 , t ) = u 3 ( t ) , Y ( 1 , t ) = u 4 ( t ) , 0 t 1 ,
In virtue of the following transformation:
Z ( ρ , t ) : = Y ( ρ , t ) + Y ^ ( ρ , t ) ,
where
Y ^ ( ρ , t ) = t ( ρ 1 ) Y t ( 0 , 0 ) ρ Y t ( 1 , 0 ) + Y t ( ρ , 0 ) + ( ρ 1 ) Y ( 0 , t ) ρ Y ( 1 , t ) ( ρ 1 ) Y ( 0 , 0 ) + ρ Y ( 1 , 0 ) Y ( ρ , 0 ) .
The TFDWE (14) governed by (15) and (16) is converted into the adapted Equation (5) governed by (6), where
g ( ρ , t ) = f ( ρ , t ) + ν Y ^ ( ρ , t ) t ν + a Y ^ ( ρ , t ) t + b Y ^ ( ρ , t ) 2 Y ^ ( ρ , t ) ρ 2 .

4. Error Bound

The following Chebyshev-weighted Sobolev space is assumed to conform to
Φ ω 3 ( t ) ν , m ( I 1 ) = { η : η ( 0 ) = η ( 0 ) = 0 and D t ν + k η L ω 3 ( t ) 2 ( I 1 ) , 0 k m } ,
Ψ ω 4 ( ρ ) m ( I 2 ) = { η : η ( 0 ) = η ( 1 ) = 0 and D ρ k η L ω 4 ( x ) 2 ( I 2 ) , 0 k m } ,
where I 1 = ( 0 , 1 ) and I 2 = ( 0 , 1 ) , equipped with the norm, semi-norm, and inner product
( η , v ) Φ ω 3 ( t ) ν , m = k = 0 m ( D t ν + k η , D t ν + k v ) L ω 3 ( t ) 2 , | | η | | Φ ω 3 ( t ) ν , m 2 = ( η , η ) Φ ω 3 ( t ) ν , m , | η | Φ ω 3 ( t ) ν , m = | | D t ν + m η | | L ω 3 ( t ) 2 , ( η , v ) Ψ ω 4 ( ρ ) m = k = 0 m ( D ρ k η , D ρ k v ) L ω 4 ( ρ ) 2 , | | η | | Ψ ω 4 ( ρ ) m 2 = ( η , η ) Ψ ω 4 ( ρ ) m , | η | Ψ ω 4 ( ρ ) m = | | D ρ m η | | L ω 4 ( ρ ) 2 ,
where 1 < ν < 2 and m N .
Remark 4.
The orthogonality relation (4), which includes λ m , n , is very important for finding the elements of the system matrices M , F , and K that come from the PGA . It makes sure that the projection fits with Φ ω 3 ( t ) ν , m , which makes the presented numerical technique more accurate and stable.
Now, suppose that the two-dimensional Chebyshev-weighted Sobolev space is represented by
H ω ¯ ( ρ , t ) , τ ( I 1 × I 2 ) = { Z : Z ( ρ , 0 ) = Z t ( ρ , 0 ) = Z ( 0 , t ) = Z ( 1 , t ) = 0 and ν + p + q Z ρ p t ν + q L ω ¯ ( ρ , t ) 2 ( I 1 × I 2 ) , p 0 , τ q 0 } ,
along with the norm and semi-norm
| | Z | | H ω ¯ ( ρ , t ) , τ = p = 0 q = 0 τ ν + p + q Z ρ p t ν + q L ω ¯ ( ρ , t ) 2 2 1 2 , | Z | H ω ¯ ( ρ , t ) , τ = ν + + τ Z ρ t ν + τ L ω ¯ ( ρ , t ) 2 ,
where ω ¯ ( ρ , t ) = ω 3 ( t ) ω 4 ( ρ ) , and , τ N .
Lemma 2
([36]). Let m 1 ,   m + > 1 and m + τ > 1 , where , τ , are constants. One has
Γ ( m + ) Γ ( m + τ ) o m , τ m τ ,
where
o m , τ = e x p τ 2 ( m + τ 1 ) + 1 12 ( m + 1 ) + ( τ ) 2 m .
Remark 5.
For the given , τ , o m , τ can be written as follows:
o m , τ = 1 + O ( m 1 ) .
Corollary 2.
Suppose u L ( ρ ) = i = 0 L u ^ i ζ i ( ρ ) is the approximate solution of u ( ρ ) Ψ ω 4 ( ρ ) m ( I 2 ) . Then, for 0 k m L + 1 , we obtain
| | D ρ k ( u ( ρ ) u L ( ρ ) ) | | L ω 4 ^ ( ρ ) 2 L 1 4 ( m k ) | u ( ρ ) | Ψ ω 4 ( ρ ) m 2 ,
where a 1 a 2 certifies that a constant ν exists such that a 1 ν a 2 .
Proof. 
To derive the proof of this corollary, insert = 1 in Theorem 4.2 in Ref. [34]. □
Theorem 3.
Suppose 1 < ν < 2 , and v L ( t ) = j = 0 L η ^ j P j ( t ) is the approximate solution of v ( t ) Φ ω 3 ( t ) ν , m ( I 1 ) . Then, for 0 k m L + 1 , we get
| | D t ν + k ( v ( t ) v L ( t ) ) | | L ω 3 ( t ) 2 L 3 4 ( m k ) | v ( t ) | Φ ω 3 ( t ) ν , m 2 ,
Proof. 
The definitions of v ( t ) and v L ( t ) enable us to derive
| | D t ν + k ( v ( t ) v L ( t ) ) | | L ω 3 ( t ) 2 2 = n = L + 1 | η ^ n | 2 | | D t ν + k P n ( t ) | | L ω 3 ( t ) 2 2 = n = L + 1 | η ^ n | 2 | | D t ν + k P n ( t ) | | L ω 3 ( t ) 2 2 | | D t ν + m P n ( t ) | | L ω 3 ( t ) 2 2 | | D t ν + m P n ( t ) | | L ω 3 ( t ) 2 2 | | D t ν + k P L + 1 ( t ) | | L ω 3 ( t ) 2 2 | | D t ν + m P L + 1 ( t ) | | L ω 3 ( t ) 2 2 | v ( t ) | Φ ω 3 ( t ) ν , m 2 .
To estimate the factor | | D t ν + k P L + 1 ( t ) | | L ω 3 ( t ) 2 2 | | D t ν + m P L + 1 ( t ) | | L ω 3 ( t ) 2 2 , we find | | D t ν + k P L + 1 ( t ) | | L ω 3 ( t ) 2 2 .
| | D t ν + k P L + 1 ( t ) | | L ω 3 ( t ) 2 2 = 0 1 D t ν + k P L + 1 ( t ) D t ν + k P L + 1 ( t ) ω 3 ( t ) d t .
Equation (1) along with (2) allows us to write
D t ν + k P L + 1 ( t ) = r = k L + 1 χ r , L + 1 ( r + 2 ) ! Γ ( r ν k + 3 ) t r + 2 k ν ,
and accordingly, we have
| | D t ν + k P L + 1 ( t ) | | L ω 3 ( t ) 2 2 = r = k L + 1 χ r , L + 1 2 ( Γ ( r + 3 ) ) 2 Γ 2 ( r k ν + 3 ) 0 1 t 2 ( r k ν ) + 9 2 ( 1 t ) 1 2 d t = r = k L + 1 χ r , L + 1 2 π ( Γ ( r + 3 ) ) 2 Γ ( 2 ( r k ν ) + 11 2 ) 2 Γ 2 ( r k ν + 3 ) Γ ( 2 ( r k ν ) + 5 ) .
The following inequality can be obtained after using Lemma 2:
( Γ ( r + 3 ) ) 2 Γ ( 2 ( r ν k ) + 11 2 ) Γ 2 ( r k ν + 3 ) Γ ( 2 ( r k ν ) + 5 ) r 2 ( k + ν ) ( r k ) 1 2 .
By virtue of Lemma 2, | | D t ν + k P L + 1 ( t ) | | L ω 3 ( t ) 2 2 can be written as
| | D t ν + k P L + 1 ( t ) | | L ω 3 ( t ) 2 2 λ * ( 1 + L ) 2 ( k + ν ) ( 1 k + L ) 1 2 r = k L + 1 1 = λ * ( 1 + L ) 2 ( k + ν ) ( 1 k + L ) 1 2 ( 2 k + L ) = λ * Γ ( 2 + L ) Γ ( 1 + L ) 2 ( k + ν ) Γ ( 2 k + L ) Γ ( 1 k + L ) 1 2 Γ ( L k + 3 ) Γ ( L k + 2 ) L 2 ( k + ν ) ( L k ) 1 2 ,
where χ * = max 0 r 1 + L χ r , L + 1 2 π 2 .
Similarly, we have
| | D t ν + m P L + 1 ( t ) | | L ω 3 ( t ) 2 2 L 2 ( m + ν ) ( L m ) 1 2 ,
and accordingly, we have
| | D t ν + k P L + 1 ( t ) | | L ω 3 ( t ) 2 2 | | D t ν + m P L + 1 ( t ) | | L ω 3 ( t ) 2 L 2 ( k m ) L k L m 1 2 = L 2 ( m k ) Γ ( L k + 1 ) Γ ( L m + 1 ) 1 2 L 3 2 ( m k ) .
Inserting Equation (19) into Equation (18), one gets
| | D t ν + k ( η ( t ) η ^ ( t ) ) | | L ω 3 ( t ) 2 2 L 3 2 ( m k ) | v ( t ) | Φ ω 3 ( t ) ν , m 2 .
Therefore, we obtain the desired result. □
Remark 6.
The bound in inequality (17) remains valid and precise as ν 1 or ν 2 . The spectral coefficients η ^ j exhibit a rapid decay, and the solution becomes smoother over time for such values. Therefore, the convergence of the approximation is enhanced in the weighted norm L ω 3 ( t ) 2 .
Corollary 3.
Let Z L ( ρ , t ) be the approximate solution of Z ( ρ , t ) CH ω ¨ r , s ( Ω ) ; then, for 0 p r L + 1 , the following estimation holds:
p ρ p ( Z ( ρ , t ) Z L ( ρ , t ) ) L ω ¯ ( ρ , t ) 2 L 1 4 ( r p ) | Z ( ρ , t ) | CH ω ¯ ( ρ , t ) r , 0 .
Proof. 
By virtue of Z ( ρ , t ) and Z L ( ρ , t ) , one gets
Z ( ρ , t ) Z L ( ρ , t ) = i = 0 L j = L + 1 c i j ζ i ( ρ ) P j ( t ) + i = L + 1 j = 0 c i j ζ i ( ρ ) P j ( t ) i = 0 L j = 0 c i j ζ i ( ρ ) P j ( t ) + i = L + 1 j = 0 c i j ζ i ( ρ ) P j ( t ) .
Now, imitating the same steps as in Theorem 3, one has
p ρ p ( Z ( ρ , t ) Z L ( ρ , t ) ) L ω ¯ ( ρ , t ) 2 L 1 4 ( r p ) | Z ( ρ , t ) | CH ω ¯ ( ρ , t ) r , 0 .
Theorem 4.
Let Z L ( ρ , t ) be the approximate solution of Z ( ρ , t ) H ω ¯ ( ρ , t ) r , s ( Ω ) . Then, for 0 q s L + 1 , one gets
q t q ( Z ( ρ , t ) Z L ( ρ , t ) ) L ω ¯ ( ρ , t ) 2 L 3 4 ( s q ) | Z ( ρ , t ) | H ω ¯ ( ρ , t ) 0 , s ,
Theorem 5.
Let Z L ( ρ , t ) be the approximate solution of Z ( ρ , t ) H ω ¯ ( ρ , t ) r , s ( Ω ) , and assume that 1 < ν < 2 . Consequently, for 0 q s L + 1 , one has
ν + q t ν + q ( Z L ( ρ , t ) Z ( ρ , t ) ) L ω ¯ ( ρ , t ) 2 L 3 4 ( s q ) | Z ( ρ , t ) | H ω ¯ ( ρ , t ) 0 , s ,
Proof. 
The proof of Theorems 4 and 5 are in the same manner as the proof of Theorem 3. □
Theorem 6.
Let R ( ρ , t ) be the residual of Equation (8), then the following relation holds
R ( ρ , t ) L ω ¯ ( ρ , t ) 2 L 3 s 4 | Z ( ρ , t ) | H ω ¯ ( ρ , t ) 0 , s + a L 3 4 ( s 1 ) | Z ( ρ , t ) | H ω ¯ ( ρ , t ) 0 , s + b L 3 s 4 | Z ( ρ , t ) | H ω ¯ ( ρ , t ) 0 , s + L 1 4 ( r 2 ) | Z ( ρ , t ) | H ω ¯ ( ρ , t ) r , 0 .
Proof. 
R ( ρ , t ) L ω ¯ ( σ , t ) 2 of Equation (5) can be written as
R ( ρ , t ) L ω ¯ ( ρ , t ) 2 = ν Z L ( ρ , t ) t ν + a Z L ( ρ , t ) t + b Z L ( ρ , t ) 2 Z L ( ρ , t ) ρ 2 g ( ρ , t ) L ω ¯ ( ρ , t ) 2 ν t ν ( Z L ( ρ , t ) Z ( ρ , t ) ) L ω ¯ ( ρ , t ) 2 + a t ( Z L ( ρ , t ) Z ( ρ , t ) ) L ω ¯ ( ρ , t ) 2 + b ( Z L ( ρ , t ) Z ( ρ , t ) ) L ω ¯ ( ρ , t ) 2 + 2 ρ 2 ( Z L ( ρ , t ) Z ( ρ , t ) ) L ω ¯ ( ρ , t ) 2 .
Using Corollary 3, Theorems (4), and 5 lead to
R ( ρ , t ) L ω ¯ ( ρ , t ) 2 L 3 s 4 | Z ( ρ , t ) | H ω ¯ ( ρ , t ) 0 , s + a L 3 4 ( s 1 ) | Z ( ρ , t ) | H ω ¯ ( ρ , t ) 0 , s + b L 3 s 4 | Z ( ρ , t ) | H ω ¯ ( ρ , t ) 0 , s + L 1 4 ( r 2 ) | Z ( ρ , t ) | H ω ¯ ( ρ , t ) r , 0 .
At the end, it is obvious that R ( ρ , t ) L ω ¯ ( ρ , t ) 2 0 as L .

5. Examples

Example 1
([35]). Consider the following equation:
ν Y ( ρ , t ) t ν 2 Y ( ρ , t ) ρ 2 = f ( ρ , t ) ,
governed by
Y ( ρ , 0 ) = 0 , Y t ( ρ , 0 ) = sin ( π ρ ) , 0 ρ 1 , Y ( 0 , t ) = Y ( 1 , t ) = 0 , 0 t 1 ,
and f ( ρ , t ) is selected such that the analytical solution is Y ( ρ , t ) = t 2 t sin ( π ρ ) .
The absolute errors ( AEs ) and the approximate solution for ν = 1.2 when L = 6 are shown in Figure 1. The AEs of our technique at L = 7 and the method in [35] at ν = 1.8 when t = 0.2 are compared in Table 1. Additionally, a comparison of the error norm L 2 and L at ν = 1.9 is presented in Table 2. These comparisons show that our method is superior to the method in [35]. The precision of the proposed method is demonstrated by the significant decrease in AEs as L increases from 4 to 7 when ν = 1.5 , as illustrated in Figure 2. The proposed procedure is accurate for small choices of L , as illustrated by these results.
Remark 7.
Table 3 illustrates the agreement between the theoretical and numerical results of the error norm L 2 presented in Table 2 for L = 7 . For example, assume s = 8 , q = 0 , and the generic constant ν = 0.005 in Theorem 4.
Example 2.
Consider the following equation:
ν Y ( ρ , t ) t ν + Y ( ρ , t ) t + Y ( ρ , t ) 2 Y ( ρ , t ) ρ 2 = f ( ρ , t ) ,
governed by
Y ( ρ , 0 ) = Y t ( ρ , 0 ) = 0 , 0 ρ 1 , Y ( 0 , t ) = t 2 , Y ( 1 , t ) = t 2 e , 0 t 1 ,
and f ( ρ , t ) is selected such that the analytical solution is Y ( ρ , t ) = t 2 e ρ .
The AEs at ν = 1.5 and L = 6 are displayed in Table 4. The results of the PGA are extremely near to the precise solution, as illustrated by this table. The precision of the proposed method is shown in Figure 3, where the AEs decrease significantly as L increases from 3 to 6 when ν = 1.9 . The error norms L at several ν and L values are displayed in Table 5. These results demonstrate our technique’s outstanding efficiency. These findings show that the suggested strategy works well for small choices of L .
Example 3
([35]). Consider the following equation:
ν Y ( ρ , t ) t ν + Y ( ρ , t ) t 2 Y ( ρ , t ) ρ 2 = f ( ρ , t ) ,
governed by
Y ( ρ , 0 ) = Y t ( ρ , 0 ) = 0 , 0 ρ 1 , Y ( 0 , t ) = Y ( 1 , t ) = 0 , 0 t 1 ,
and f ( ρ , t ) is selected such that the analytical solution is Y ( ρ , t ) = t 2 ρ ( 1 ρ ) .
Table 6 compares the AEs between our method at L = 1 and the approach in [35] at various values of ν when t = 0.1 . Furthermore, Table 7 compares the error norm L 2 and L at ν = 1.9 . These comparisons show that our method outperforms the method in [35]. The AEs and approximate solution at ν = 1.3 when L = 1 are finally depicted in Figure 4. This figure demonstrates that the approximate solution is extremely close to the exact solution. These findings show that the suggested method works well for small choices of L .
Example 4
([35]). Consider the following equation:
ν Y ( ρ , t ) t ν + Y ( ρ , t ) 2 Y ( ρ , t ) ρ 2 = f ( ρ , t ) ,
governed by
Y ( ρ , 0 ) = Y t ( ρ , 0 ) = 0 , 0 ρ 1 , Y ( 0 , t ) = 0 , Y ( 1 , t ) = t 2 sinh ( 1 ) , 0 t 1 ,
and f ( ρ , t ) is selected such that the analytical solution is Y ( ρ , t ) = t 2 sinh ( ρ ) .
Table 8 compares the AEs between our method at L = 6 and the method in [35] at various values of ν when t = 1 . The AEs and approximate solution at ν = 1.4 when L = 6 are depicted in Figure 5. This figure demonstrates that the approximate solution is extremely close to the exact solution. Finally, Table 9 also provides a comparison of the error norm L 2 and L for ν = 1.5 at various values of t. The findings indicate that the proposed technique is precise for limited selections of L .
Remark 8.
Table 1, Table 2, Table 6, Table 7, Table 8 and Table 9 demonstrate that the findings are precise for small selections of L . Furthermore, these comparisons demonstrate the superior performance of our strategy compared to the method presented in [35].

6. Concluding Remarks

In this work, we present certain SSKCPs -based spectral methods for numerically solving TFDWE . We built an efficient spectral framework to handle this problem by proving operational identities for SSKCPs . The spectral PGA was utilized for this purpose. The numerical results confirmed the excellent accuracy of our approach. We believe that this basis can be utilized to handle different forms of DEs. In the future, we hope to apply the theoretical findings developed in this study, as well as suitable spectral approaches, to address other FDEs. All codes were written and debugged using Mathematica 11 on an HP Z420 Workstation with an Intel (R) Xeon(R) CPU E5-1620 v2-3.70 GHz, 16 GB RAM DDR3, and 512 GB storage.

Author Contributions

Conceptualization, A.G.A.; Methodology, S.S.A., A.A.A. and A.G.A.; Software, A.G.A.; Validation, S.S.A., A.A.A. and A.G.A.; Formal analysis, S.S.A., A.A.A. and A.G.A.; Investigation, A.G.A.; Data curation, A.G.A.; Writing—original draft, A.A.A. and A.G.A.; Writing—review & editing, S.S.A. and A.G.A.; Visualization, A.G.A.; Supervision, S.S.A. and A.G.A. All authors have read and agreed to the published version of the manuscript.

Funding

The authors received no funding for this study.

Data Availability Statement

Data are contained within the article.

Conflicts of Interest

The authors declare no conflicts of interest.

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Figure 1. The AEs (left) and approximate solution (right) of Example 1 at ν = 1.2 when L = 6 .
Figure 1. The AEs (left) and approximate solution (right) of Example 1 at ν = 1.2 when L = 6 .
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Figure 2. The AEs of Example 1 at different values of L when ν = 1.5 .
Figure 2. The AEs of Example 1 at different values of L when ν = 1.5 .
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Figure 3. The AEs of Example 2 at different values of L when ν = 1.9 .
Figure 3. The AEs of Example 2 at different values of L when ν = 1.9 .
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Figure 4. The AEs (left) and approximate solution (right) of Example 3 at ν = 1.3 when L = 1 .
Figure 4. The AEs (left) and approximate solution (right) of Example 3 at ν = 1.3 when L = 1 .
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Figure 5. The AEs (left) and approximate solution (right) of Example 4 at ν = 1.4 when L = 6 .
Figure 5. The AEs (left) and approximate solution (right) of Example 4 at ν = 1.4 when L = 6 .
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Table 1. Comparison of AEs of Example 1 at t = 0.2 .
Table 1. Comparison of AEs of Example 1 at t = 0.2 .
xMethod in [35]Our Method
0.1 4.673 × 10 4 4.99358 × 10 10
0.2 6.451 × 10 4 2.27053 × 10 9
0.3 6.474 × 10 4 3.4633 × 10 9
0.4 5.484 × 10 4 2.8527 × 10 10
0.5 3.978 × 10 4 4.1095 × 10 9
0.6 2.229 × 10 4 1.6001 × 10 9
0.7 5.111 × 10 5 3.17794 × 10 9
0.8 1.619 × 10 4 3.39455 × 10 9
0.9 3.037 × 10 4 1.51603 × 10 9
Table 2. Comparison of the error norm L 2 and L for Example 1 at ν = 1.9 .
Table 2. Comparison of the error norm L 2 and L for Example 1 at ν = 1.9 .
Method in [35]Our Method at L = 7
t L 2  Error at  N = 500 L  Error at  N = 500 L 2  Error L  Error
0.2 4.02886 × 10 8 5.69766 × 10 8 2.42083 × 10 9 3.92399 × 10 9
0.4 1.58537 × 10 7 2.24204 × 10 7 9.60276 × 10 9 1.63421 × 10 8
0.6 3.63372 × 10 7 5.13884 × 10 7 2.18266 × 10 8 3.68398 × 10 8
0.8 6.43038 × 10 7 9.09391 × 10 7 3.8955 × 10 8 6.39571 × 10 8
1 9.30169 × 10 7 1.31546 × 10 6 6.10998 × 10 8 9.76926 × 10 8
Table 3. Theoretical error of Example 1.
Table 3. Theoretical error of Example 1.
L 7
Error in Theorem 4 10 8
Table 4. AEs of Example 2 at ν = 1.5 .
Table 4. AEs of Example 2 at ν = 1.5 .
ρ t = 0.2 t = 0.5 t = 0.8
0.1 2.47968 × 10 11 5.19403 × 10 12 4.69373 × 10 11
0.2 2.25018 × 10 13 1.1339 × 10 11 4.2167 × 10 11
0.3 2.42502 × 10 11 4.687 × 10 12 7.35052 × 10 11
0.4 8.16285 × 10 13 1.85602 × 10 11 6.33866 × 10 11
0.5 2.08427 × 10 11 7.23566 × 10 12 6.52431 × 10 11
0.6 5.34696 × 10 12 2.42187 × 10 11 7.77238 × 10 11
0.7 1.63961 × 10 11 4.10921 × 10 12 5.54976 × 10 11
0.8 4.58489 × 10 12 1.78044 × 10 11 5.76983 × 10 11
0.9 1.18844 × 10 11 1.40076 × 10 11 7.75564 × 10 11
CPU time6.9076.9076.907
Table 5. The error norm L of Example 2.
Table 5. The error norm L of Example 2.
L 23456
ν = 1.3 3.40553 × 10 5 1.72651 × 10 6 5.03061 × 10 8 1.77561 × 10 9 4.97715 × 10 11
CPU time1.9222.2032.8294.6.986
ν = 1.7 3.36601 × 10 5 1.70784 × 10 6 5.04312 × 10 8 1.76958 × 10 9 4.31206 × 10 11
CPU time1.8452.1732.8294.0946.907
Table 6. Comparison of AEs at t = 0.1 of Example 3.
Table 6. Comparison of AEs at t = 0.1 of Example 3.
Method in [35] at N = 10 , Δ t = 0.0001 Our Method
ρ ν = 1 . 5 ν = 1 . 9 ν = 1 . 5 ν = 1 . 9
0.1 1.46277 × 10 7 4.23821 × 10 8 2.1684 × 10 19 1.95156 × 10 18
0.2 2.73755 × 10 7 7.78422 × 10 8 4.33681 × 10 19 2.60209 × 10 18
0.3 3.70496 × 10 7 1.03582 × 10 7 0 2.1684 × 10 18
0.4 4.30339 × 10 7 1.19048 × 10 7 0 1.30104 × 10 18
0.5 4.50539 × 10 7 1.24200 × 10 7 00
0.6 4.30339 × 10 7 1.19048 × 10 7 0 1.73472 × 10 18
0.7 3.70496 × 10 7 1.03582 × 10 7 0 2.60209 × 10 18
0.8 2.73755 × 10 7 7.78422 × 10 8 4.33681 × 10 19 2.60209 × 10 18
0.9 1.46277 × 10 7 4.23821 × 10 8 2.1684 × 10 19 1.95156 × 10 18
Table 7. Comparison of the error norm L 2 and L for Example 3 at ν = 1.9 .
Table 7. Comparison of the error norm L 2 and L for Example 3 at ν = 1.9 .
Method in [35] at Δ t = 0.001 , N = 10 Our Method at N = 1
t L 2  Errors L  Errors L 2  Errors L  Errors
0.2 2.08301 × 10 6 2.89129 × 10 6 2.95081 × 10 17 1.04083 × 10 17
0.4 6.27643 × 10 6 8.76628 × 10 6 9.04516 × 10 17 3.46945 × 10 17
0.6 1.37256 × 10 5 1.92499 × 10 5 1.38309 × 10 16 6.93889 × 10 17
0.8 2.42064 × 10 5 3.40618 × 10 5 1.84334 × 10 16 1.11022 × 10 16
1 3.60397 × 10 5 5.08449 × 10 5 2.78356 × 10 16 1.11022 × 10 16
Table 8. Comparison of AEs at t = 1 of Example 4.
Table 8. Comparison of AEs at t = 1 of Example 4.
Method in [35]Our Method at L = 6
ρ ν = 1.25 ν = 1.75 ν = 1.25 ν = 1.75
0.1 7.07383 × 10 9 5.20813 × 10 9 3.94213 × 10 11 1.55187 × 10 11
0.2 1.34525 × 10 8 1.02913 × 10 8 5.0199 × 10 11 2.13433 × 10 11
0.3 1.91598 × 10 8 1.49610 × 10 8 1.20562 × 10 11 4.07002 × 10 12
0.4 2.38155 × 10 8 1.89463 × 10 8 6.83864 × 10 11 5.17046 × 10 11
0.5 2.69901 × 10 8 2.18956 × 10 8 1.67253 × 10 11 4.46376 × 10 12
0.6 2.81898 × 10 8 2.33512 × 10 8 6.33505 × 10 11 5.90379 × 10 11
0.7 2.68376 × 10 8 2.27226 × 10 8 1.84351 × 10 11 5.44031 × 10 12
0.8 2.22522 × 10 8 1.92641 × 10 8 4.33142 × 10 11 5.01216 × 10 11
0.9 1.36261 × 10 8 1.20571 × 10 8 1.49967 × 10 11 3.31435 × 10 11
Table 9. Comparison of the error norm L 2 and L for Example 4 at ν = 1.5 .
Table 9. Comparison of the error norm L 2 and L for Example 4 at ν = 1.5 .
Method in [35]Our Method at L = 6
t L 2  Error L  Error L 2  Error CPU Time L  Error CPU Time
0.2 1.88811 × 10 10 2.72263 × 10 10 1.9977 × 10 12 9.986 2.84641 × 10 12 8.017
0.4 1.20289 × 10 9 1.69968 × 10 9 5.52307 × 10 12 11.954 9.22304 × 10 12 8.017
0.6 3.44298 × 10 9 4.82802 × 10 9 1.27564 × 10 11 14.376 2.20679 × 10 11 8.017
0.8 7.09972 × 10 9 9.93347 × 10 9 2.09841 × 10 11 16.704 3.39929 × 10 11 8.032
1 1.22658 × 10 8 1.71278 × 10 8 4.00609 × 10 11 16.704 6.98624 × 10 11 8.032
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Alzahrani, S. S., Alanazi, A. A., & Atta, A. G. (2025). Numerical Treatment of the Time Fractional Diffusion Wave Problem Using Chebyshev Polynomials. Symmetry, 17(9), 1451. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym17091451

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