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In this article we obtain two-sided estimates for the Greens function of fractional boundary value problems on $\mathbb R_+ \times \mathbb R_+ \times \mathbb R^d$ of the form \[(-{}_{t_1}D^\beta_{0+*} - {}_{t_2}D^\gamma_{0+*})u(t_1, t_2, x)…

Probability · Mathematics 2019-09-04 Ifan Johnston , Vassili Kolokoltsov

We develop a simple and accurate method to solve fractional variational and fractional optimal control problems with dependence on Caputo and Riemann-Liouville operators. Using known formulas for computing fractional derivatives of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-07-21 Salman Jahanshahi , Delfim F. M. Torres

The fractional Sturm-Liouville eigenvalue problem appears in many situations, e.g., while solving anomalous diffusion equations coming from physical and engineering applications. Therefore to obtain solutions or approximation of solutions…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-04-15 Ricardo Almeida , Agnieszka B. Malinowska , M. Luísa Morgado , Tatiana Odzijewicz

An initial-boundary value problem with a Caputo time derivative of fractional order $\alpha\in(0,1)$ is considered, solutions of which typically exhibit a singular behaviour at an initial time. For this problem, we give a simple and general…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-12-27 Natalia Kopteva , Xiangyun Meng

The Caputo time-derivative is usually defined pointwise for well-behaved functions, say, for continuously differentiable functions. Accordingly, in the theory of the partial fractional differential equations with the Caputo derivatives, the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-11-27 Rudolf Gorenflo , Yuri Luchko , Masahiro Yamamoto

In this paper we study linear and nonlinear fractional differential equations involving the Caputo fractional derivative with Mittag-Leffler non-singular kernel of order $0<\alpha<1.$ We first obtain a new estimate of the fractional…

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In this paper, we propose a novel numerical scheme for solving time-fractional reaction-diffusion problems with Robin boundary conditions, where the time derivative is in the Caputo sense of order $\alpha\in(0,1)$. The existence and…

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Taking into account the asymptotic behavior of some Wright functions and the existence of bounds for the Mainardi and the Wright function $W(-x,\frac{\alpha}{2}, 1)$ in $\mathbb{R}^+$ , three different initial-boundary-value problems for…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2015-07-28 Demian Goos , Gabriela Reyero , Sabrina Roscani , Eduardo Santillan Marcus

Fractional operators are widely used in mathematical models describing abnormal and nonlocal phenomena. Although there are extensive numerical methods for solving the corresponding model problems, theoretical analysis such as the regularity…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-06-30 Lijing Zhao , Weihua Deng , Jan S Hesthaven

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

The aim of this paper is to obtain the existence of solution for the fractional p-Laplacian Dirichlet problem with mixed derivatives \begin{eqnarray*} &{_{t}}D_{T}^{\alpha}\left(|_{0}D_{t}^{\alpha}u(t))|^{p-2}{_{0}}D_{t}^{\alpha}u(t)\right)…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-12-22 César Torres

Fractional boundary value problems are often used to model complex systems and processes characterized by memory effects and anomalous diffusion. In this paper, we consider fractional boundary value problems involving the Riesz-Caputo…

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In this paper, we consider the backward problem for fractional in time evolution equations $\partial_t^\alpha u(t)= A u(t)$ with the Caputo derivative of order $0<\alpha \le 1$, where $A$ is a self-adjoint and bounded above operator on a…

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We consider the discrete, fractional operator $\left(L_a^\nu x\right) (t) := \nabla [p(t) \nabla_{a^*}^\nu x(t)] + q(t) x(t-1)$ involving the nabla Caputo fractional difference, which can be thought of as an analogue to the self-adjoint…

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We consider initial boundary value problems for one-dimensional diffusion equation with time-fractional derivative of order $\alpha \in (0,1)$ which are subject to non-zero Neumann boundary conditions. We prove the uniqueness for an inverse…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-09-25 W. Rundell , M. Yamamoto

We introduce a numerical method, based on modified hat functions, for solving a class of fractional optimal control problems. In our scheme, the control and the fractional derivative of the state function are considered as linear…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-05-29 Somayeh Nemati , Pedro M. Lima , Delfim F. M. Torres

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

In recent years, the use of variable-order differential operators has emerged as a powerful tool in the analysis of nonlinear fractional differential equations and chaotic systems. In finance, the accurate prediction of market trends and…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2023-07-10 Shahariar Ryehan

In this work we obtain a Liouville theorem for positive, bounded solutions of the equation $$ (-\Delta)^s u= h(x_N)f(u) \quad \hbox{in }\mathbb{R}^{N} $$ where $(-\Delta)^s$ stands for the fractional Laplacian with $s\in (0,1)$, and the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-09-25 B. Barrios , L. Del Pezzo , J. Garcia-Melian , A. Quaas