Insights into the Time-Fractional Nonlinear KdV-Type Equations Under Non-Singular Kernel Operators
Abstract
1. Introduction
2. Preliminaries
3. Methodology
3.1. Case I
3.2. Case II
4. Convergence Analysis
5. Applications
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6. Conclusions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
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| at | at | at | at | at | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.0 | 0.2999999582 | 0.2999999600 | 0.2999999942 | 0.2999999942 | 0.2999999944 | |
| 0.2 | 0.2993687935 | 0.2993686000 | 0.2993648444 | 0.2993648444 | 0.2999751640 | |
| 0.4 | 0.2974717159 | 0.2974713307 | 0.2974638569 | 0.2974638569 | 0.2995938792 | |
| 0.01 | 0.6 | 0.2943445780 | 0.2943440086 | 0.2943329566 | 0.2943329566 | 0.2979439296 |
| 0.8 | 0.2900453693 | 0.2900446259 | 0.2900301985 | 0.2900301985 | 0.2935639333 | |
| 1 | 0.2846515829 | 0.2846506787 | 0.2846331316 | 0.2846331316 | 0.2846331317 | |
| 0.0 | 0.2999998618 | 0.2999998692 | 0.2999999482 | 0.2999999482 | 0.2999999480 | |
| 0.2 | 0.2993765368 | 0.2993760890 | 0.2993724543 | 0.2993724543 | 0.2999766534 | |
| 0.4 | 0.2974871516 | 0.2974862570 | 0.2974789778 | 0.2974789778 | 0.2995999645 | |
| 0.03 | 0.6 | 0.2943674165 | 0.2943660919 | 0.2943553049 | 0.2943553049 | 0.2979575664 |
| 0.8 | 0.2900751919 | 0.2900734617 | 0.2900593645 | 0.2900593645 | 0.2935876813 | |
| 1 | 0.2846878610 | 0.2846857557 | 0.2846685984 | 0.2846685984 | 0.2846685983 | |
| 0.0 | 0.2999997178 | 0.2999997333 | 0.2999998560 | 0.2999998560 | 0.2999998560 | |
| 0.2 | 0.2993841762 | 0.2993835333 | 0.2993800185 | 0.2993800185 | 0.2999780972 | |
| 0.4 | 0.2975024290 | 0.2975011399 | 0.2974940544 | 0.2974940544 | 0.2996060045 | |
| 0.05 | 0.6 | 0.2943900451 | 0.2943881339 | 0.2943776109 | 0.2943776109 | 0.2979711590 |
| 0.8 | 0.2901047569 | 0.2901022589 | 0.2900884912 | 0.2900884912 | 0.2936113880 | |
| 1 | 0.2847238380 | 0.2847207973 | 0.2847040293 | 0.2847040293 | 0.2847040293 |
| Error | Error | Error | Error | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.1 | 2.0016544 × | 1.9744012 × | 2.3990000 × | 2.3990000 × |
| 0.2 | 7.7213786 × | 7.6672159 × | 1.7980000 × | 1.7980000 × |
| 0.3 | 1.6432297 × | 1.6351377 × | 1.1970000 × | 1.1970000 × |
| 0.4 | 2.6923314 × | 2.6815863 × | 5.9800000 × | 5.9800000 × |
| 0.5 | 3.7501932 × | 3.7368249 × | 0.0000000000000 | 0.0000000000000 |
| 0.6 | 4.6000623 × | 4.5841080 × | 5.9500000 × | 5.9500000 × |
| 0.7 | 4.9789793 × | 4.9604829 × | 1.1880000 × | 1.1880000 × |
| 0.8 | 4.5800758 × | 4.5590880 × | 1.7770000 × | 1.7770000 × |
| 0.9 | 3.0562718 × | 3.0328498 × | 2.3620000 × | 2.3620000 × |
| 1.0 | 2.5792975 × | 2.9475186 × | 2.9410000 × | 2.9410000 × |
| at | at | at | at | at | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | 2.2239746050 | 2.2242598810 | 2.2685262870 | 2.2685262870 | 2.2715327840 | |
| 1.5 | 2.5861161990 | 2.5863840770 | 2.6218588960 | 2.6218588960 | 2.6244387180 | |
| 2.0 | 2.7494847070 | 2.7496359850 | 2.7680018420 | 2.7680018420 | 2.7692482160 | |
| 0.001 | 2.5 | 2.8165262730 | 2.8165918310 | 2.8243030110 | 2.8243030110 | 2.8248084610 |
| 3.0 | 2.8423733970 | 2.8423990280 | 2.8453795530 | 2.8453795530 | 2.8455722300 | |
| 3.5 | 2.8520572810 | 2.8520669240 | 2.8531836370 | 2.8531836370 | 2.8532554480 | |
| 1.0 | 2.2161834750 | 2.2168770940 | 2.2582590810 | 2.2582590810 | 2.2670454940 | |
| 1.5 | 2.5786556070 | 2.5793353450 | 2.6147747000 | 2.6147747000 | 2.6225055120 | |
| 2.0 | 2.7452319590 | 2.7456236030 | 2.7647011300 | 2.7647011300 | 2.7684920020 | |
| 0.003 | 2.5 | 2.8146774520 | 2.8148483290 | 2.8229766080 | 2.8229766080 | 2.8245237740 |
| 3.0 | 2.8416497540 | 2.8417167200 | 2.8448753670 | 2.8448753670 | 2.8454665980 | |
| 3.5 | 2.8517849100 | 2.8518101270 | 2.8529959030 | 2.8529959030 | 2.8532164650 | |
| 1.0 | 2.2087573820 | 2.2097699750 | 2.2482731410 | 2.2482731410 | 2.2625285960 | |
| 1.5 | 2.5712452170 | 2.5722831070 | 2.6076869250 | 2.6076869250 | 2.6205571020 | |
| 2.0 | 2.7409274730 | 2.7415374230 | 2.7613251260 | 2.7613251260 | 2.7677294490 | |
| 0.005 | 2.5 | 2.8127943140 | 2.8130621780 | 2.8216066890 | 2.8216066890 | 2.8242366420 |
| 3.0 | 2.8409110490 | 2.8410162640 | 2.8443526580 | 2.8443526580 | 2.8453600550 | |
| 3.5 | 2.8515066450 | 2.8515462970 | 2.8528009970 | 2.8528009970 | 2.8531771460 |
| Error | Error | Error | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1.0 | 2.6567180 | 2.6567179 | 2.6567179 |
| 1.6 | 2.3155500 | 2.3155499 | 2.3155499 |
| 2.2 | 9.4697320 | 9.4697322 | 9.4697322 |
| 2.8 | 3.1283675 | 3.1283658 | 3.1283658 |
| 3.4 | 9.6889137 | 9.6889321 | 9.6889321 |
| 4.0 | 2.9428743 | 2.9428659 | 2.9428659 |
| 4.6 | 8.8862376 | 8.8862588 | 8.8862588 |
| 5.2 | 2.6785252 | 2.6785170 | 2.6785170 |
| 5.8 | 8.0694165 | 8.0710687 | 8.0710687 |
| at | at | at | at | at | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0.01 | 0.0 | 0.9996370674 | 0.9996529950 | 0.9999500000 | 0.9999500000 | 0.9999500020 |
| 0.2 | 0.9839491393 | 0.9838648254 | 0.9822177258 | 0.9822177258 | 0.9822175738 | |
| 0.4 | 0.9319419297 | 0.9317731115 | 0.9284891113 | 0.9284891113 | 0.9284888698 | |
| 0.6 | 0.8526675213 | 0.8524420909 | 0.8480631252 | 0.8480631252 | 0.8480628778 | |
| 0.8 | 0.7578015152 | 0.7575496286 | 0.7526605050 | 0.7526605050 | 0.7526603096 | |
| 1 | 0.6581654397 | 0.6579119973 | 0.6529950034 | 0.6529950034 | 0.6529948774 | |
| 0.03 | 0.0 | 0.9988003546 | 0.9988649550 | 0.9995500000 | 0.9995500000 | 0.9995501686 |
| 0.2 | 0.9871553470 | 0.9869836317 | 0.9857259982 | 0.9857259982 | 0.9857219806 | |
| 0.4 | 0.9385889168 | 0.9382134520 | 0.9352550489 | 0.9352550489 | 0.9352485588 | |
| 0.6 | 0.8616464663 | 0.8611307624 | 0.8569809147 | 0.8569809147 | 0.8569742204 | |
| 0.8 | 0.7678954975 | 0.7673107406 | 0.7625551854 | 0.7625551854 | 0.7625498584 | |
| 1 | 0.6683597693 | 0.6677661105 | 0.6629075791 | 0.6629075791 | 0.6629041338 | |
| 0.05 | 0.0 | 0.9975507086 | 0.9976848750 | 0.9987500000 | 0.9987500000 | 0.9987513004 |
| 0.2 | 0.9899595376 | 0.9897480549 | 0.9888726918 | 0.9888726918 | 0.9888545122 | |
| 0.4 | 0.9449120035 | 0.9443958550 | 0.9417578118 | 0.9417578118 | 0.9417279294 | |
| 0.6 | 0.8704107063 | 0.8696794941 | 0.8657559228 | 0.8657559228 | 0.8657248512 | |
| 0.8 | 0.7778792473 | 0.7770372312 | 0.7724145412 | 0.7724145412 | 0.7723896738 | |
| 1 | 0.6785236010 | 0.6776608868 | 0.6728616436 | 0.6728616436 | 0.6728454780 |
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AlBaidani, M.M.; Alzahrani, R. Insights into the Time-Fractional Nonlinear KdV-Type Equations Under Non-Singular Kernel Operators. Symmetry 2026, 18, 391. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym18020391
AlBaidani MM, Alzahrani R. Insights into the Time-Fractional Nonlinear KdV-Type Equations Under Non-Singular Kernel Operators. Symmetry. 2026; 18(2):391. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym18020391
Chicago/Turabian StyleAlBaidani, Mashael M., and Rabab Alzahrani. 2026. "Insights into the Time-Fractional Nonlinear KdV-Type Equations Under Non-Singular Kernel Operators" Symmetry 18, no. 2: 391. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym18020391
APA StyleAlBaidani, M. M., & Alzahrani, R. (2026). Insights into the Time-Fractional Nonlinear KdV-Type Equations Under Non-Singular Kernel Operators. Symmetry, 18(2), 391. https://doi.org/10.3390/sym18020391

