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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

Fractional differential calculus is a mathematical tool that has found applications in the study of social and physical behaviors considered ``anomalous''. It is often used when traditional integer derivatives models fail to represent cases…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-05-07 Kevin Marroquín , Genly Leon , Alfredo D. Millano , Claudio Michea , Andronikos Paliathanasis

With the discovery of new superconductors there was a running to find the justifications for the new properties found in these materials. In order to describe these new effects some theories were adapted and some others have been tried. In…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-07-24 José Weberszpil

The main purpose of this paper is to study the special fractional-order Chen-Lee system, using the Caputo fractional derivatives. For this fractional model we investigate the existence and uniqueness of solution of initial value problem,…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2024-08-16 Mihai Ivan

A fractional generalization of the second author's higher-order diffusion theory is given and fundamental solutions are obtained. The extension from the integer to the fractional case involves a proper treatment of the fractional Laplacian…

Classical Physics · Physics 2018-08-22 K. Parisis , E. C. Aifantis

A fractional generalization of variations is used to define a stability of non-integer order. Fractional variational derivatives are suggested to describe the properties of dynamical systems at fractional perturbations. We formulate…

Classical Physics · Physics 2011-07-26 Vasily E. Tarasov

This paper presents a relativistic version of Newtonian Fractional-Dimension Gravity (NFDG), an alternative gravitational model recently introduced and based on the theory of fractional-dimension spaces. This extended version - Relativistic…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-10-26 Gabriele U. Varieschi

In this article we investigate mathematically the variant of post-Newtonian mechanics using generalized fractional derivatives. The relativistic-covariant generalization of the classical equations for gravitational field is studied. The…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2011-01-21 V. Kobelev

In this paper, by means of the Riesz basis approach, we study the stability of a weakly damped system of two second order evolution equations coupled through the velocities. If the fractional order damping becomes viscous and the waves…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-08-31 Farah Abdallah , Yacine Chitour , Mouhammad Ghader , Ali Wehbe

Many physical, biological, and engineered systems exhibit memory effects that challenge Markovian models. Fractional calculus provides nonlocal operators to capture hereditary dynamics. This survey connects modeling, analysis, and…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2025-12-16 Navid Mojahed , Hooman Fatoorehchi , Shima Nazari

Within the framework of fractional calculus with variable order the evolution of space in the adiabatic limit is investigated. Based on the Caputo definition of a fractional derivative using the fractional quantum harmonic oscillator a…

General Physics · Physics 2013-11-26 R. Herrmann

Caputo-Fabrizio fractional delta derivatives on an arbitrary time scale are presented. When the time scale is chosen to be the set of real numbers, then the Caputo-Fabrizio fractional derivative is recovered. For isolated or partly…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2018-12-17 Dorota Mozyrska , Delfim F. M. Torres , Malgorzata Wyrwas

Fractional operators play an important role in modeling nonlocal phenomena and problems involving coarse-grained and fractal spaces. The fractional calculus of variations with functionals depending on derivatives and/or integrals of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2014-06-23 Matheus J. Lazo , Delfim F. M. Torres

We propose a nonlocal scalar-tensor model of gravity with pseudodifferential operators inspired by the effective action of p-adic string and string field theory on flat spacetime. An infinite number of derivatives act both on the metric and…

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We investigate evolution equations for anomalous diffusion employing fractional derivatives in space and time. Linkage between the space-time variables leads to a new type of fractional derivative operator. Fractional diffusion equations…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Andrzej J. Turski , Barbara Atamaniuk , Ewa Turska

In this article, we study the continuous and discrete fractional persistence problem which looks for the persistence of properties of a given classical ($\alpha=1$) differential equation in the fractional case (here using fractional…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-10-12 Jacky Cresson , Anna Szafrańska

This paper deals with numerical solutions to a partial differential equation of fractional order. Generally this type of equation describes a transition from anomalous diffusion to transport processes. From a phenomenological point of view,…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Mariusz Ciesielski , Jacek Leszczynski

We develop a theory of the Cauchy problem for linear evolution systems of partial differential equations with the Caputo-Dzrbashyan fractional derivative in the time variable $t$. The class of systems considered in the paper is a fractional…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-06-26 Anatoly N. Kochubei

Despite the growing interest in fractional generalizations of classical fluid dynamics equations, the fractional Rayleigh--Stokes problem has previously been studied almost exclusively using the Riemann--Liouville fractional derivative. To…

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