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Fractional calculus represents a natural tool for describing relativistic phenomena in pseudo-Euclidean space-time. In this study, Fractional modified special relativity is presented. We obtain fractional generalized relation for the time…

General Physics · Physics 2011-09-06 Hosein Nasrolahpour

We consider an inverse extremal problem for variational functionals on arbitrary time scales. Using the Euler-Lagrange equation and the strengthened Legendre condition, we derive a general form for a variational functional that attains a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-05-07 Monika Dryl , Agnieszka B. Malinowska , Delfim F. M. Torres

The friction force is derived using fractional calculus by considering the non-uniform flow of time in dissipative processes. The approach incorporates inhomogeneous velocity without unphysical approximations, resulting in a Lagrangian…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-07-22 Georgii Koniukov

Fractional integral operators connected with real-valued scalar functions of matrix argument are applied in problems of mathematics, statistics and natural sciences. In this article we start considering the case of a Gauss hypergeometric…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-09-09 A. M. Mathai , H. J. Haubold

Starting from the Riemann-Liouville derivative, many authors have built their own notion of fractional derivative in order to avoid some classical difficulties like a non zero derivative for a constant function or a rather complicated…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2016-07-12 Jacky Cresson , Anna Szafrańska

A method of calculation for the variational derivatives for gravitational actions in the pseudo-Riemannian case is proposed as a practical variant of the first order formalism with constraints. The method is then used to derive the metric…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-10-30 Ahmet Baykal

While it is known that one can consider the Cauchy problem for evolution equations with Caputo derivatives, the situation for the initial value problems for the Riemann-Liouville derivatives is less understood. In this paper we propose new…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-06-28 Erkinjon Karimov , Michael Ruzhansky , Niyaz Tokmagambetov

The aim of the present paper is to contribute to the development of the study of Cauchy problems involving Riemann-Liouville and Caputo fractional derivatives. Firstly existence-uniqueness results for solutions of non-linear Cauchy problems…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2017-07-11 Loïc Bourdin

Using the new variational approach proposed recently for a systematic improvement of the locally harmonic Feynman-Kleinert approximation to path integrals we calculate the partition function of the anharmonic oscillator for all temperatures…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2009-10-28 H. Kleinert , H. Meyer

This paper gives a brief introduction to some important fractional and multifractional Gaussian processes commonly used in modelling natural phenomena and man-made systems. The processes include fractional Brownian motion (both standard and…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2014-07-01 S. C. Lim , C. H. Eab

A series of stationary principles are developed for dynamical systems by formulating the concept of mixed convolved action, which is written in terms of mixed variables, using temporal convolutions and fractional derivatives. Dynamical…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 Gary F. Dargush , Jinkyu Kim

The theory of the calculus of variations for fuzzy systems was recently initiated in [7], with the proof of the fuzzy Euler-Lagrange equation. Using fuzzy Euler-Lagrange equation, we obtain here a Noether-like theorem for fuzzy variational…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-08-23 J. Soolaki , O. S. Fard , R. Almeida , A. H. Borzabadi

We exhibit a numerical method to solve fractional variational problems, applying a decomposition formula based on Jacobi polynomials. Formulas for the fractional derivative and fractional integral of the Jacobi polynomials are proven. By…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-12-08 Hassan Khosravian-Arab , Ricardo Almeida

The dielectric susceptibility of most materials follows a fractional power-law frequency dependence that is called the "universal" response. We prove that in the time domain this dependence gives differential equations with derivatives and…

Optics · Physics 2018-01-18 Vasily E. Tarasov

In this paper we find fractional Riemann-Liouville derivatives for the Takagi-Landsberg functions. Moreover, we introduce their generalizations called weighted Takagi-Landsberg functions which have arbitrary bounded coefficients in the…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2020-03-31 Vitalii Makogin , Yuliya Mishura

In this paper we provide a definition of fractional gradient operators, related to directional derivatives. We develop a fractional vector calculus, providing a probabilistic interpretation and mathematical tools to treat multidimensional…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-05-21 M. D'Ovidio , R. Garra

In this paper, we first deal with the general fractional derivatives of arbitrary order defined in the Riemann-Liouville sense. In particular, we deduce an explicit form of their null space and prove the second fundamental theorem of…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2022-02-11 Yuri Luchko

In this paper we discuss fractional generalizations of the filtering problem. The "fractional" nature comes from time-changed state or observation processes, basic ingredients of the filtering problem. The mathematical feature of the…

Probability · Mathematics 2013-05-14 Sabir Umarov , Frederick Daum , Kenric Nelson

In this paper, we present and prove a new truncated $\mathcal{V}$-fractional Taylor's formula using the truncated $\mathcal{V}$-fractional variation of constants formula. In this sense, we present the truncated $\mathcal{V}$-fractional…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2017-07-10 J. Vanterler da C. Sousa , E. Capelas de Oliveira

The notion of fractional dynamics is related to equations of motion with one or a few terms with derivatives of a fractional order. This type of equation appears in the description of chaotic dynamics, wave propagation in fractal media, and…

Classical Physics · Physics 2015-03-19 Vasily E. Tarasov , George M. Zaslavsky