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For fractional derivatives and time-fractional differential equations, we construct a framework on the basis of the operator theory in fractional Sobolev spaces. Our framework provides a feasible extension of the classical Caputo and the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-01-24 Masahiro Yamamoto

The status of multifractional theories is reviewed using comparative tables. Theoretical foundations, classical matter and gravity dynamics, cosmology and experimental constraints are summarized and the application of the multifractional…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2021-08-16 Gianluca Calcagni

Three theoretically plausible techniques to developing a fractional scalar field cosmological model are pointed in this paper; the time-dependent kernel weighted action being then selected. Upon this choice, we proceed to establish (i) a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-05-26 S. M. M. Rasouli , J. Marto , D. Oliveira , P. Moniz

It is well known that in quantum gravity, the very geometry of space and time is subject to continual fluctuation. The mathematical formulation for this old theory is still lacking. This article formulates this more than forty-year-old…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-09-27 Behzad Tajahmad

We formulate fractional difference equations of Riemann-Liouville and Caputo type in a functional analytical framework. Main results are existence of solutions on Hilbert space-valued weighted sequence spaces and a condition for stability…

We consider the covariant gauge field theory of fractons, which describe a new type of quasiparticles exhibiting novel and nontrivial properties. In particular, we focus on the field theoretical peculiarities which characterize this theory,…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2023-04-24 Erica Bertolini , Alberto Blasi , Andrea Damonte , Nicola Maggiore

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

We propose a new type of cosmological model derived from the fractional variational principle when it is applied to the gravitational sector of action functional. In contrast to the fractional cosmological model developed earlier by the…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2013-04-30 V. K. Shchigolev

General Relativity assumes that spacetime is fully described by the metric alone. An alternative is the so called Palatini formalism where the metric and the connections are taken as independent quantities. The metric-affine theory of…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2008-11-26 Thomas P. Sotiriou , Stefano Liberati

We summarize some our recent results on encoding exact solutions of field equations in Einstein and modified gravity theories into solitonic hierarchies derived for nonholonomic curve flows with associated bi-Hamilton structure. We argue…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2015-05-20 Sergiu I. Vacaru

In this work, exact solutions of static and spherically symmetric space-times are analyzed in f(R) modified theories of gravity coupled to nonlinear electrodynamics. Firstly, we restrict the metric fields to one degree of freedom,…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2012-06-22 Lukas Hollenstein , Francisco S. N. Lobo

The following document presents some novel numerical methods valid for one and several variables, which using the fractional derivative, allow to find solutions for some non-linear systems in the complex space using real initial conditions.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-04-25 A. Torres-Hernandez , F. Brambila-Paz

This paper deals with fractional differential equations, with dependence on a Caputo fractional derivative of real order. The goal is to show, based on concrete examples and experimental data from several experiments, that fractional…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2016-11-03 Ricardo Almeida , Nuno R. O. Bastos , M. Teresa T. Monteiro

We find a new method for looking for the static and spherically symmetric solutions in $F(R)$ theory of gravity. With this method, a number of new solutions in terms of the analytic functions are obtained. We hope this investigation may be…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2016-09-15 Changjun Gao , You-Gen Shen

This is a shortened version of an invited talk at the XIII International Workshop "Lie Theory and its Applications in Physics", June 17-23, Varna, Bulgaria. A covariant canonical gauge theory of gravity free from torsion is studied. Using a…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2020-11-12 David Benisty , Eduardo I. Guendelman , Jurgen Struckmeier

The degree by which a function can be differentiated need not be restricted to integer values. Usually most of the field equations of physics are taken to be second order, curiosity asks what happens if this is only approximately the case…

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In a talk at the conference {\it Geometrical Foundations of Gravity at Tartu 2017}, it was suggested that the affine spacetime connection could be associated with purely fictitious forces. This leads to gravitation in a flat and smooth…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2018-09-13 Tomi Koivisto

Fractional calculus is a generalization of classical theories of integration and differentiation to arbitrary order (i.e., real or complex numbers). In the last two decades, this new mathematical modeling approach has been widely used to…

Logic in Computer Science · Computer Science 2016-08-10 Umair Siddique , Osman Hasan , Sofiène Tahar

We initiate an investigation into whether fractional calculus, with its intrinsic long-tailed memory and nonlocal features, can provide a viable model for gravitational-wave memory effects. We consider two toy constructions: ($i$) a…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2026-04-01 Sercan Kaya , Bayram Tekin

In this paper we develop a fractional Hamiltonian formulation for dynamic systems defined in terms of fractional Caputo derivatives. Expressions for fractional canonical momenta and fractional canonical Hamiltonian are given, and a set of…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-11 Dumitru Baleanu , Om P. Agrawal