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The generalized natural boundary conditions for fractional variational problems in terms of the Caputo derivative

Optimization and Control 2010-04-20 v1

Abstract

This paper presents necessary and sufficient optimality conditions for problems of the fractional calculus of variations with a Lagrangian depending on the free end-points. The fractional derivatives are defined in the sense of Caputo.

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@article{arxiv.1002.3790,
  title  = {The generalized natural boundary conditions for fractional variational problems in terms of the Caputo derivative},
  author = {Agnieszka B. Malinowska and Delfim F. M. Torres},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1002.3790},
  year   = {2010}
}

Comments

Accepted (19 February 2010) for publication in Computers and Mathematics with Applications