Numerical Solutions for Variable-Order Fractional Gross–Pitaevskii Equation with Two Spectral Collocation Approaches

Abstract This paper addresses the numerical solution of multi-dimensional variable-order fractional Gross–Pitaevskii equations (VOF-GPEs) with initial and boundary conditions. A new scheme is proposed based on the fully shifted fractional Jacobi collocation method and adopting two independent approaches: (i) the discretization of the space variable and (ii) the discretization of the time variable. A complete theoretical formulation is presented and numerical examples are given to illustrate the performance and efficiency of the new algorithm. The superiority of the scheme to tackle VOF-GPEs is revealed, even when dealing with nonsmooth time solutions.