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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…

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

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-05-15 Tatiana Odzijewicz , Agnieszka B. Malinowska , Delfim F. M. Torres

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…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-12-17 Shakoor Pooseh

We consider fractional isoperimetric problems of calculus of variations with double integrals via the recent modified Riemann-Liouville approach. A necessary optimality condition of Euler-Lagrange type, in the form of a multitime fractional…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-04-05 Tatiana Odzijewicz , Delfim F. M. Torres

We study two generalizations of fractional variational problems by considering higher-order derivatives and a state time delay. We prove a higher-order integration by parts formula involving a Caputo fractional derivative of variable order…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-04-20 Dina Tavares , Ricardo Almeida , Delfim F. M. Torres

We introduce new fractional operators of variable order on isolated time scales with Mittag-Leffler kernels. This allows a general formulation of a class of fractional variational problems involving variable-order difference operators. Main…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2019-02-19 Thabet Abdeljawad , Raziye Mert , Delfim F. M. Torres

We set the main concepts for multiplicative fractional calculus. We define Caputo, Riemann and Letnikov multiplicative fractional derivatives and multiplicative fractional integrals and study some of their properties. Finally, the…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2016-09-20 Thabet Abdeljawad

In this paper we study isoperimetric problems of the calculus of variations with left and right Riemann-Liouville fractional derivatives. Both situations when the lower bound of the variational integrals coincide and do not coincide with…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2012-03-12 Ricardo Almeida , Rui A. C. Ferreira , Delfim F. M. Torres

Here we define a Caputo like discrete fractional difference and we compare it to the earlier defined Riemann-Liouville fractional discrete analog. Then we produce discrete fractional Taylor formulae for the first time, and we estimate their…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2009-11-18 George A. Anastassiou

We begin with a brief overview of the most commonly used fractional derivatives, namely the Caputo and Riemann-Liouville derivatives. We then focus on the study of the fractional time wave equation with the Riemann-Liouville derivative,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-02-18 Paola Loreti , Daniela Sforza

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

We introduce more general concepts of Riemann-Liouville fractional integral and derivative on time scales, of a function with respect to another function. Sufficient conditions for existence and uniqueness of solution to an initial value…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2018-07-24 Kheira Mekhalfi , Delfim F. M. Torres

In this work we look at the original fractional calculus of variations problem in a somewhat different way. As a simple consequence, we show that a fractional generalization of a classical problem has a solution without any restrictions on…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-08-27 Rui A. C. Ferreira

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 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…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-09-23 Agnieszka B. Malinowska , Delfim F. M. Torres

This paper provides a probabilistic approach to solve linear equations involving Caputo and Riemann-Liouville type derivatives. Using the probabilistic interpretation of these operators as the generators of interrupted Feller processes, we…

Probability · Mathematics 2015-12-07 M. E. Hernández-Hernández , V. N. Kolokoltsov

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

The Riemann-Liouville formula for fractional derivatives and integrals (differintegration) is used to derive formulae for matrix order derivatives and integrals. That is, the parameter for integration and differentiation is allowed to…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Mark Naber