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\n We present and study a novel numerical algorithm to approximate the action of\n \n \n \n \n \n T<\/mml:mi>\n \n \u03b2\n \n <\/mml:mi>\n <\/mml:msup>\n :=<\/mml:mo>\n \n L<\/mml:mi>\n \n \n \u2212\n \n <\/mml:mo>\n \n \u03b2\n \n <\/mml:mi>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n <\/mml:msup>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n T^\\beta :=L^{-\\beta }<\/mml:annotation>\n <\/mml:semantics>\n <\/mml:math>\n <\/inline-formula>\n where\n \n \n \n L<\/mml:mi>\n L<\/mml:annotation>\n <\/mml:semantics>\n <\/mml:math>\n <\/inline-formula>\n is a symmetric and positive definite unbounded operator on a Hilbert space\n \n \n \n \n H<\/mml:mi>\n 0<\/mml:mn>\n <\/mml:msub>\n H_0<\/mml:annotation>\n <\/mml:semantics>\n <\/mml:math>\n <\/inline-formula>\n . The numerical method is based on a representation formula for\n \n \n \n \n T<\/mml:mi>\n \n \n \u2212\n \n <\/mml:mo>\n \n \u03b2\n \n <\/mml:mi>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n <\/mml:msup>\n T^{-\\beta }<\/mml:annotation>\n <\/mml:semantics>\n <\/mml:math>\n <\/inline-formula>\n in terms of Bochner integrals involving\n \n \n \n \n (<\/mml:mo>\n I<\/mml:mi>\n +<\/mml:mo>\n \n t<\/mml:mi>\n 2<\/mml:mn>\n <\/mml:msup>\n L<\/mml:mi>\n \n )<\/mml:mo>\n \n \n \u2212\n \n <\/mml:mo>\n 1<\/mml:mn>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n <\/mml:msup>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n (I+t^2L)^{-1}<\/mml:annotation>\n <\/mml:semantics>\n <\/mml:math>\n <\/inline-formula>\n for\n \n \n \n \n t<\/mml:mi>\n \n \u2208\n \n <\/mml:mo>\n (<\/mml:mo>\n 0<\/mml:mn>\n ,<\/mml:mo>\n \n \u221e\n \n <\/mml:mi>\n )<\/mml:mo>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n t\\in (0,\\infty )<\/mml:annotation>\n <\/mml:semantics>\n <\/mml:math>\n <\/inline-formula>\n .\n <\/p>\n

\n To develop an approximation to\n \n \n \n \n T<\/mml:mi>\n \n \u03b2\n \n <\/mml:mi>\n <\/mml:msup>\n T^\\beta<\/mml:annotation>\n <\/mml:semantics>\n <\/mml:math>\n <\/inline-formula>\n , we introduce a finite element approximation\n \n \n \n \n L<\/mml:mi>\n h<\/mml:mi>\n <\/mml:msub>\n L_h<\/mml:annotation>\n <\/mml:semantics>\n <\/mml:math>\n <\/inline-formula>\n to\n \n \n \n L<\/mml:mi>\n L<\/mml:annotation>\n <\/mml:semantics>\n <\/mml:math>\n <\/inline-formula>\n and base our approximation to\n \n \n \n \n T<\/mml:mi>\n \n \u03b2\n \n <\/mml:mi>\n <\/mml:msup>\n T^\\beta<\/mml:annotation>\n <\/mml:semantics>\n <\/mml:math>\n <\/inline-formula>\n on\n \n \n \n \n \n T<\/mml:mi>\n h<\/mml:mi>\n \n \u03b2\n \n <\/mml:mi>\n <\/mml:msubsup>\n :=<\/mml:mo>\n \n L<\/mml:mi>\n h<\/mml:mi>\n \n \n \u2212\n \n <\/mml:mo>\n \n \u03b2\n \n <\/mml:mi>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n <\/mml:msubsup>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n T_h^\\beta := L_h^{-\\beta }<\/mml:annotation>\n <\/mml:semantics>\n <\/mml:math>\n <\/inline-formula>\n . The direct evaluation of\n \n \n \n \n T<\/mml:mi>\n h<\/mml:mi>\n \n \n \u03b2\n \n <\/mml:mi>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n <\/mml:msubsup>\n T_h^{\\beta }<\/mml:annotation>\n <\/mml:semantics>\n <\/mml:math>\n <\/inline-formula>\n is extremely expensive as it involves expansion in the basis of eigenfunctions for\n \n \n \n \n L<\/mml:mi>\n h<\/mml:mi>\n <\/mml:msub>\n L_h<\/mml:annotation>\n <\/mml:semantics>\n <\/mml:math>\n <\/inline-formula>\n . The above mentioned representation formula holds for\n \n \n \n \n T<\/mml:mi>\n h<\/mml:mi>\n \n \n \u2212\n \n <\/mml:mo>\n \n \u03b2\n \n <\/mml:mi>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n <\/mml:msubsup>\n T_h^{-\\beta }<\/mml:annotation>\n <\/mml:semantics>\n <\/mml:math>\n <\/inline-formula>\n and we propose three quadrature approximations denoted generically by\n \n \n \n \n Q<\/mml:mi>\n h<\/mml:mi>\n \n \u03b2\n \n <\/mml:mi>\n <\/mml:msubsup>\n Q_h^\\beta<\/mml:annotation>\n <\/mml:semantics>\n <\/mml:math>\n <\/inline-formula>\n . The two results of this paper bound the errors in the\n \n \n \n \n H<\/mml:mi>\n 0<\/mml:mn>\n <\/mml:msub>\n H_0<\/mml:annotation>\n <\/mml:semantics>\n <\/mml:math>\n <\/inline-formula>\n inner product of\n \n \n \n \n \n T<\/mml:mi>\n \n \u03b2\n \n <\/mml:mi>\n <\/mml:msup>\n \n \u2212\n \n <\/mml:mo>\n \n T<\/mml:mi>\n h<\/mml:mi>\n \n \u03b2\n \n <\/mml:mi>\n <\/mml:msubsup>\n \n \n \u03c0\n \n <\/mml:mi>\n h<\/mml:mi>\n <\/mml:msub>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n T^\\beta -T_h^\\beta \\pi _h<\/mml:annotation>\n <\/mml:semantics>\n <\/mml:math>\n <\/inline-formula>\n and\n \n \n \n \n \n T<\/mml:mi>\n h<\/mml:mi>\n \n \u03b2\n \n <\/mml:mi>\n <\/mml:msubsup>\n \n \u2212\n \n <\/mml:mo>\n \n Q<\/mml:mi>\n h<\/mml:mi>\n \n \u03b2\n \n <\/mml:mi>\n <\/mml:msubsup>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n T_h^\\beta -Q_h^\\beta<\/mml:annotation>\n <\/mml:semantics>\n <\/mml:math>\n <\/inline-formula>\n where\n \n \n \n \n \n \u03c0\n \n <\/mml:mi>\n h<\/mml:mi>\n <\/mml:msub>\n \\pi _h<\/mml:annotation>\n <\/mml:semantics>\n <\/mml:math>\n <\/inline-formula>\n is the\n \n \n \n \n H<\/mml:mi>\n 0<\/mml:mn>\n <\/mml:msub>\n H_0<\/mml:annotation>\n <\/mml:semantics>\n <\/mml:math>\n <\/inline-formula>\n orthogonal projection into the finite element space. We note that the evaluation of\n \n \n \n \n Q<\/mml:mi>\n h<\/mml:mi>\n \n \u03b2\n \n <\/mml:mi>\n <\/mml:msubsup>\n Q_h^\\beta<\/mml:annotation>\n <\/mml:semantics>\n <\/mml:math>\n <\/inline-formula>\n involves application of\n \n \n \n \n (<\/mml:mo>\n I<\/mml:mi>\n +<\/mml:mo>\n (<\/mml:mo>\n \n t<\/mml:mi>\n i<\/mml:mi>\n <\/mml:msub>\n \n )<\/mml:mo>\n 2<\/mml:mn>\n <\/mml:msup>\n \n L<\/mml:mi>\n h<\/mml:mi>\n <\/mml:msub>\n \n )<\/mml:mo>\n \n \n \u2212\n \n <\/mml:mo>\n 1<\/mml:mn>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n <\/mml:msup>\n <\/mml:mrow>\n (I+(t_i)^2L_h)^{-1}<\/mml:annotation>\n <\/mml:semantics>\n <\/mml:math>\n <\/inline-formula>\n with\n \n \n \n \n t<\/mml:mi>\n i<\/mml:mi>\n <\/mml:msub>\n t_i<\/mml:annotation>\n <\/mml:semantics>\n <\/mml:math>\n <\/inline-formula>\n being either a quadrature point or its inverse. Efficient solution algorithms for these problems are available and the problems at different quadrature points can be straightforwardly solved in parallel. 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