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The fractional calculus of variations and fractional optimal control are generalizations of the corresponding classical theories, that allow problem modeling and formulations with arbitrary order derivatives and integrals. Because of the…

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Main results and techniques of the fractional calculus of variations are surveyed. We consider variational problems containing Caputo derivatives and study them using both indirect and direct methods. In particular, we provide necessary…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-11-12 Ricardo Almeida , Delfim F. M. Torres

This study reexamines diffusive representations for fractional integrals with the goal of pioneering new variants of such representations. These variants aim to offer highly efficient numerical algorithms for the approximate computation of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-08 Renu Chaudhary , Kai Diethelm

A spectral decomposition method is used to obtain solutions to a class of nonlinear differential equations. We extend this approach to the analysis of the fractional form of these equations and demonstrate the method by applying it to the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-08-14 Malgorzata Turalska , Bruce J. West

Using the fractional derivative, considered in the Caputo sense, we study an analytical technique associated with the variational iteration method for the fractional generalized $\alpha$-time Burgers' equation with $\alpha>0$ and obtain…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-09-01 A. R. Gómez Plata , E. Capelas de Oliveira

The aim of this paper is to study certain problems of calculus of variations, that are dependent upon a Lagrange function on a Caputo-type fractional derivative. This type of fractional operator is a generalization of the Caputo and the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-02-24 Ricardo Almeida

We describe a general operational method that can be used in the analysis of fractional initial and boundary value problems with additional analytic conditions. As an example, we derive analytic solutions of some fractional generalisation…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-04-04 Roberto Garra , Federico Polito

Numerical solving differential equations with fractional derivatives requires elimination of the singularity which is inherent in the standard definition of fractional derivatives. The method of integration by parts to eliminate this…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-01-26 Pavel B. Dubovski , Jeffrey A. Slepoi

Fractional Pontryagin's systems emerge in the study of a class of fractional optimal control problems but they are not resolvable in most cases. In this paper, we suggest a numerical approach for these fractional systems. Precisely, we…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-03-09 Loïc Bourdin

The relations between solutions of the three types of totally linear partial differential equations of first order are presented. The approach is based on factorization of a non-homogeneous first order differential operator to products…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2007-05-23 C. Viazminsky

There has recently been considerable interest in using a nonstandard piecewise approximation to formulate fractional order differential equations as difference equations that describe the same dynamical behaviour and are more amenable to a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-05-09 Christopher N Angstmann , Bruce I Henry , Anna V McGann

In this paper, we revisit the diffusive representations of fractional integrals established in \cite{diethelm2023diffusive} to explore novel variants of such representations which provide highly efficient numerical algorithms for the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-08 Renu Chaudhary , Kai Diethelm

We consider Hadamard fractional derivatives and integrals of variable fractional order. A new type of fractional operator, which we call the Hadamard-Marchaud fractional derivative, is also considered. The objective is to represent these…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2015-03-17 Ricardo Almeida , Delfim F. M. Torres

This chapter presents some numerical methods to solve problems in the fractional calculus of variations and fractional optimal control. Although there are plenty of methods available in the literature, we concentrate mainly on approximating…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-05-19 Shakoor Pooseh , Ricardo Almeida , Delfim F. M. Torres

The paper describes different approaches to generalize the trapezoidal method to fractional differential equations. We analyze the main theoretical properties and we discuss computational aspects to implement efficient algorithms. Numerical…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-12-23 Roberto Garrappa

Fractional action-like variational problems have recently gained importance in studying dynamics of nonconservative systems. In this note we address multi-dimensional fractional action-like problems of the calculus of variations.

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-05-20 Rami Ahmad El-Nabulsi , Delfim F. M. Torres

Fractional dissipation is a powerful tool to study non-local physical phenomena such as damping models. The design of geometric, in particular, variational integrators for the numerical simulation of such systems relies on a variational…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-03-28 Khaled Hariz , Fernando Jiménez , Sina Ober-Blöbaum

The concept of local fractional derivative was introduced in order to be able to study the local scaling behavior of functions. However it has turned out to be much more useful. It was found that simple equations involving these operators…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2017-08-04 Kiran M. Kolwankar

We extend the notion of variational integrator for classical Euler-Lagrange equations to the fractional ones. As in the classical case, we prove that the variational integrator allows to preserve Noether-type results at the discrete level.

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2016-01-14 Loïc Bourdin , Jacky Cresson , Isabelle Greff , Pierre Inizan

In this paper, a nonlinear system of fractional ordinary differential equations with multiple scales in time is investigated. We are interested in the effective long-term computation of the solution. The main challenge is how to obtain the…

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