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We generalize the fractional Caputo derivative to the fractional derivative ${^CD^{\alpha,\beta}_{\gamma}}$, which is a convex combination of the left Caputo fractional derivative of order $\alpha$ and the right Caputo fractional derivative…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-01-16 Agnieszka B. Malinowska , Delfim F. M. Torres

We give a proper fractional extension of the classical calculus of variations by considering variational functionals with a Lagrangian depending on a combined Caputo fractional derivative and the classical derivative. Euler-Lagrange…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-11-11 Tatiana Odzijewicz , Agnieszka B. Malinowska , Delfim F. M. Torres

The study of fractional variational problems in terms of a combined fractional Caputo derivative is introduced. Necessary optimality conditions of Euler-Lagrange type for the basic, isoperimetric, and Lagrange variational problems are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-12-16 Agnieszka B. Malinowska , Delfim F. M. Torres

We review some recent results of the fractional variational calculus. Necessary optimality conditions of Euler-Lagrange type for functionals with a Lagrangian containing left and right Caputo derivatives are given. Several problems are…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-11-29 Ricardo Almeida , Agnieszka B. Malinowska , Delfim F. M. Torres

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 obtain necessary optimality conditions for variational problems with a Lagrangian depending on a Caputo fractional derivative, a fractional and an indefinite integral. Main results give fractional Euler-Lagrange type equations and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-11-11 Ricardo Almeida , Shakoor Pooseh , Delfim F. M. Torres

We prove optimality conditions for different variational functionals containing left and right Caputo fractional derivatives. A sufficient condition of minimization under an appropriate convexity assumption is given. An Euler-Lagrange…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-10-06 Ricardo Almeida , Delfim F. M. Torres

We give a proper fractional extension of the classical calculus of variations. Necessary optimality conditions of Euler-Lagrange type for variational problems containing both classical and fractional derivatives are proved. The fundamental…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-02-28 Tatiana Odzijewicz , Delfim F. M. Torres

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

Problems of calculus of variations with variable endpoints cannot be solved without transversality conditions. Here, we establish such type of conditions for fractional variational problems with the Caputo derivative. We consider: the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-06-05 Ricardo Almeida , Agnieszka B. Malinowska

We review the recent generalized fractional calculus of variations. We consider variational problems containing generalized fractional integrals and derivatives and study them using indirect methods. In particular, we provide necessary…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-05-13 Tatiana Odzijewicz , Delfim F. M. Torres

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.

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-04-20 Agnieszka B. Malinowska , Delfim F. M. Torres

Fractional variational approach has gained much attention in recent years. There are famous fractional derivatives such as Caputo derivative, Riesz derivative and Riemann-Liouville derivative. Several versions of fractional variational…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2010-06-28 Guo-cheng Wu

In order to solve fractional variational problems, there exist two theorems of necessary conditions: an Euler-Lagrange equation which involves Caputo and Riemann-Liouville fractional derivatives, and other Euler-Lagrange equation that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-12 Melani Barrios , Gabriela Reyero , Mabel Tidball

Different fractional difference types of Euler-Lagrange equations are obtained within Riemann and Caputo by making use of different versions of integration by part forumlas in fractional difference calculus. An example is presented to…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2017-03-21 Thabet Abdeljawad

We study incommensurate fractional variational problems in terms of a generalized fractional integral with Lagrangians depending on classical derivatives and generalized fractional integrals and derivatives. We obtain necessary optimality…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-10-03 Tatiana Odzijewicz , Agnieszka B. Malinowska , Delfim F. M. Torres

We generalize the fractional variational problem by allowing the possibility that the lower bound in the fractional derivative does not coincide with the lower bound of the integral that is minimized. Also, for the standard case when these…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2015-05-27 Teodor M. Atanackovic , Sanja Konjik , Stevan Pilipovic

Derivatives and integrals of non-integer order were introduced more than three centuries ago, but only recently gained more attention due to their application on nonlocal phenomena. In this context, the Caputo derivatives are the most…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-02-15 Matheus J. Lazo , Delfim F. M. Torres

This paper is concerned with analyzing a class of fractional calculus of variations problems and their associated Euler-Lagrange (fractional differential) equations. Unlike the existing fractional calculus of variations which is based on…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-07-12 Xiaobing Feng , Mitchell Sutton

We study the fundamental problem of the calculus of variations with variable order fractional operators. Fractional integrals are considered in the sense of Riemann-Liouville while derivatives are of Caputo type.

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-02-07 Tatiana Odzijewicz , Agnieszka B. Malinowska , Delfim F. M. Torres
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