Pal, KamalLiu, FangYan, YubinRoberts, Graham2015-11-172015-11-172015-06-17Pal, K., Liu, F., Yan, Y. & Roberts, G. (2015). Finite difference method for two-sided space-fractional partial differential equations. In I. Dimov, I. Farago & L. Vulkov (Eds.), Finite difference methods, theory and applications. 6th International Conference, FDM 2014 (pp. 307-314). Springer.9783319202396http://hdl.handle.net/10034/582252Finite difference methods for solving two-sided space-fractional partial differential equations are studied. The space-fractional derivatives are the left-handed and right-handed Riemann-Liouville fractional derivatives which are expressed by using Hadamard finite-part integrals. The Hadamard finite-part integrals are approximated by using piecewise quadratic interpolation polynomials and a numerical approximation scheme of the space-fractional derivative with convergence order O(Δx^(3−α )),10 , where Δt,Δx denote the time and space step sizes, respectively. Numerical examples are presented and compared with the exact analytical solution for its order of convergence.enFinite difference methodspace-fractional partial differential equationserror estimatesstabilityBook chapter