Convolution quadrature for Hadamard fractional calculus and correction methods for the subdiffusion with singular source terms

Abstract: The convolution quadrature method originally developed for the Riemann-Liouville fractional calculus is extended in this work to the Hadamard fractional calculus by using the exponential type meshes. Local truncation error analysis is presented for singular solutions. By adopting the fractional BDF-$p(1\leq p \leq 6)$ for the Caputo-Hadamard fractional derivative in solving subdiffusion problem with singular source terms, and using the finite element method to discretize the space variable, we carry out the sharp error analysis rigorously and obtain the optimal accuracy by the novel correction technique. Our correction method is a natural generalization of the one developed for subdiffusion problems with smooth source terms. Numerical tests confirm the correctness of our theoretical results.