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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

We consider a boundary value problem involving a Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative of order $\alpha\in (3/2,2)$ on the unit interval $(0,1)$. The standard Galerkin finite element approximation converges slowly due to the presence of…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2015-03-02 Bangti Jin , Raytcho Lazarov , Xiliang Lu , Zhi Zhou

This paper presents two new classes of M\"untz functions which are called Jacobi-M\"untz functions of the first and second types. These newly generated functions satisfy in two self-adjoint fractional Sturm-Liouville problems and thus they…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2019-08-02 Hassan Khosravian-Arab , Mohammad Reza Eslahchi

A simple third order compact finite element method is proposed for one-dimensional Sturm-Liouville boundary value problems. The key idea is based on the interpolation error estimate, which can be related to the source term. Thus, a simple…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-08-17 Baiying Dong , Zhilin Li

In this study, we give a regular fractional Sturm Liouville problem for diffusion operator (FSLPDO), research the spectral properties of the eigenfunctions and eigenvalues of the diffusion operator. We show that the eigenvalues and…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2013-11-07 Erdal Bas , Funda Metin

A fractional diffusion equation based on Riemann-Liouville fractional derivatives is solved exactly. The initial values are given as fractional integrals. The solution is obtained in terms of $H$-functions. It differs from the known…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2007-05-23 R. Hilfer

In this paper, further to the point interaction method for inverse Sturm-Liouville problems on finite intervals firstly proposed in our previous work, we will continue to generalize this method to the inverse eigenvalue problems for…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2025-10-13 Min Zhao , Jiangang Qi , Xiao Chen

We study a second-order differential equation involving a quasi-derivative, leading to a non-self-adjoint Sturm--Liouville-type problem with four coefficient functions. To analyze this equation, we develop a generalized Pr\"ufer…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2025-12-30 Shalmali Bandyopadhyay , F. Ayça Çetinkaya , Tom Cuchta

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

We introduce a novel approach for dealing with eigenvalue problems of Sturm-Liouville operators generated by the differential expression \begin{equation*} Ly=\frac{1}{r}\left( -(p\left[ y^{\prime }+sy\right] )^{\prime }+sp\left[ y^{\prime…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2017-11-21 Jun Yan , Guoliang Shi , Jia Zhao

A matrix method for the solution of direct fractional Sturm-Liouville problems on bounded domain is proposed where the fractional derivative is defined in the Riesz sense. The scheme is based on the application of the Galerkin spectral…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-04-06 Paolo Ghelardoni , Cecilia Magherini

We establish a Sturm{Liouville theorem for quadratic operator pencils counting their unstable real roots, with applications to stability of waves. Such pencils arise, for example, in reduction of eigenvalue systems to higher-order scalar…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2019-07-15 Alim Sukhtayev , Kevin Zumbrun

We consider the non-self-adjoint Sturm-Liouville operator on a finite interval. The inverse spectral problem is studied, which consists in recovering this operator from its eigenvalues and generalized weight numbers. We prove local…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2020-02-13 Natalia P. Bondarenko

Eigenvalues in the essential spectrum of a weighted Sturm-Liouville operator are studied under the assumption that the weight function has one turning point. An abstract approach to the problem is given via a functional model for indefinite…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2012-03-06 I. M. Karabash

We consider the number of roots of linear combinations of a system of $n$ orthogonal eigenfunctions of a Sturm-Liouville initial value problem with i.i.d. standard Gaussian coefficients. We prove that its distribution inherits the…

Probability · Mathematics 2023-05-23 Federico Dalmao , José R. León

In the paper boundary-value problem for a multidimensional system of partial differential equations with fractional derivatives in Riemann-Liouville sense with constant coefficients is studied in a rectangular domain. The existence and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-06-25 M. O. Mamchuev

Some fractional and anomalous diffusions are driven by equations involving fractional derivatives in both time and space. Such diffusions are processes with randomly varying times. In representing the solutions to those diffusions, the…

Probability · Mathematics 2012-06-05 Mirko D'Ovidio

We study Sturm--Liouville differential operators on the time scales consisting of a finite number of isolated points and segments. In a previous paper it was established that such operators are uniquely determined by their spectral…

Spectral Theory · Mathematics 2021-07-13 Maria Andreevna Kuznetsova

It is shown that, by appropriately defining the eigenfunctions of a function defined on the extended phase space, the Liouville theorem on solutions of the Hamilton--Jacobi equation can be formulated as the problem of finding common…

Classical Physics · Physics 2015-03-25 G. F. Torres del Castillo

We consider an inverse extremal problem for variational functionals on arbitrary time scales. Using the Euler-Lagrange equation and the strengthened Legendre condition, we derive a general form for a variational functional that attains a…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-05-07 Monika Dryl , Agnieszka B. Malinowska , Delfim F. M. Torres