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The evolution of acoustic waves can be evaluated in two ways: either as a temporal, or a spatial propagation. Propagating in space provides the considerable advantage of being able to handle dispersion and propagation across interfaces with…

Classical Physics · Physics 2018-06-04 Paul Kinsler

In the present work, we propose a new parameterization for the concentration flux using fractional derivatives. The fractional order differential equation in the longitudinal and vertical directions is used to obtain the concentration…

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This study focuses on the numerical modeling of wave propagation in fractionally-dissipative media. These viscoelastic models are such that the attenuation is frequency dependent and follows a power law with non-integer exponent. As a…

Classical Physics · Physics 2013-12-18 Abderrahmin Ben Jazia , Bruno Lombard , Cédric Bellis

We discuss several classes of linear second order initial-boundary value problems, where damping terms appear in the main wave equation as well as in the dynamic boundary condition. We investigate their well-posedness and describe some…

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We review some applications of fractional calculus developed by the author (partly in collaboration with others) to treat some basic problems in continuum and statistical mechanics. The problems in continuum mechanics concern mathematical…

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We present a scheme for numerically solving Maxwell's equations in a weakly perturbed spacetime without introducing the usual geometric optics approximation. Using this scheme, we study light propagation through a spherical perturbation of…

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The temporal Fokker-Plank equation [{\it J. Stat. Phys.}, {\bf 3/4}, 527 (2003)] or propagation-dispersion equation was derived to describe diffusive processes with temporal dispersion rather than spatial dispersion as in classical…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-02-01 Jean Pierre Boon , James F. Lutsko

For fractional wave equations with low H\"older regularity damping, we establish quantitative energy decay rates for their solutions when the geometric control condition holds. The energy decay rates depend explicitly on the H\"older…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-20 Jian Wang , Ruoyu P. T. Wang

This paper is devoted to the study of generalised time-fractional evolution equations involving Caputo type derivatives. Using analytical methods and probabilistic arguments we obtain well-posedness results and stochastic representations…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-05-03 M. E. Hernández-Hernández , V. N. Kolokoltsov , L. Toniazzi

This paper addresses the inverse source problem for a mixed-type fractional wave-diffusion-wave equation posed in a cylindrical domain. The governing equation involves a time-dependent variable-order fractional derivative, which enables the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-05 Erkinjon Karimov , Muzaffar Toshpulatov

In this paper we study smooth solutions to a fractional mean curvature flow equation. We establish a comparison principle and consequences such as uniqueness and finite extinction time for compact solutions. We also establish evolutions…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-04-01 Mariel Sáez , Enrico Valdinoci

We study the damped wave equation with a damping coefficient which is possibly singular and unbounded at infinity. In general, zero belongs to the spectrum of the corresponding generator, which prevents a uniform (exponential) decay for the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-24 Antonio Arnal , Borbala Gerhat , Julien Royer , Petr Siegl

In this note we consider generalized diffusion equations in which the diffusivity coefficient is not necessarily constant in time, but instead it solves a nonlinear fractional differential equation involving fractional Riemann-Liouville…

Probability · Mathematics 2022-09-21 Roberto Garra , Elena Issoglio , Giorgio S. Taverna

The analysis of wave propagation problems in linear damped media must take into account both propagation features and attenuation process. To perform accurate numerical investigations by the finite differences or finite element method, one…

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The fractional wave equation governs the propagation of mechanical diffusive waves in viscoelastic media which exhibits a power-law creep, and consequently provided a physical interpretation of this equation in the framework of dynamic…

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We study the problem of stabilization for a class of evolution systems with fractional-damping. After writing the equations as an augmented system we prove in this article first that the problem is well posed. Second, using the LaSalle's…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-10-20 Kaïs Ammari , Fathi Hassine , Luc Robbiano

Fisher waves have been studied recently in the specific case of diffusion-limited reversible coalescence, A+A<-->A, on the line. An exact analysis of the particles concentration showed that waves propagate from a stable region to an…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-10-31 Daniel ben-Avraham

We consider diffusion type equations with a distributed order derivative in the time variable. This derivative is defined as the integral in $\alpha$ of the Caputo-Dzhrbashian fractional derivative of order $\alpha \in (0,1)$ with a certain…

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