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Random-time processes governed by differential equations of fractional distributed order

Probability 2015-05-27 v1 Analysis of PDEs

Abstract

We analyze here different types of fractional differential equations, under the assumption that their fractional order ν(0,1]\nu \in (0,1] is random\ with probability density n(ν).n(\nu). We start by considering the fractional extension of the recursive equation governing the homogeneous Poisson process N(t),t>0.N(t),t>0.\ We prove that, for a particular (discrete) choice of n(ν)n(\nu), it leads to a process with random time, defined as N(N(% \widetilde{\mathcal{T}}_{\nu_{1,}\nu_{2}}(t)),t>0. The distribution of the random time argument T~ν1,ν2(t)\widetilde{\mathcal{T}}_{\nu_{1,}\nu_{2}}(t) can be expressed, for any fixed tt, in terms of convolutions of stable-laws. The new process N(T~ν1,ν2)N(\widetilde{\mathcal{T}}_{\nu_{1,}\nu_{2}}) is itself a renewal and can be shown to be a Cox process. Moreover we prove that the survival probability of N(T~ν1,ν2)N(\widetilde{\mathcal{T}}_{\nu_{1,}\nu_{2}}), as well as its probability generating function, are solution to the so-called fractional relaxation equation of distributed order (see \cite{Vib}%). In view of the previous results it is natural to consider diffusion-type fractional equations of distributed order. We present here an approach to their solutions in terms of composition of the Brownian motion B(t),t>0B(t),t>0 with the random time T~ν1,ν2\widetilde{\mathcal{T}}_{\nu_{1,}\nu_{2}}. We thus provide an alternative to the constructions presented in Mainardi and Pagnini \cite{mapagn} and in Chechkin et al. \cite{che1}, at least in the double-order case.

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@article{arxiv.1103.0386,
  title  = {Random-time processes governed by differential equations of fractional distributed order},
  author = {Luisa Beghin},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1103.0386},
  year   = {2015}
}

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26 pages