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This paper deals with the rigorous study of the diffusive stress relaxation in the multidimensional system arising in the mathematical modeling of viscoelastic materials. The control of an appropriate high order energy shall lead to the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 Donatella Donatelli , Corrado Lattanzio

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

This study investigates the use of fractional order differential models to simulate the dynamic response of non-homogeneous discrete systems and to achieve efficient and accurate model order reduction. The traditional integer order approach…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-12-22 John P. Hollkamp , Mihir Sen , Fabio Semperlotti

The paper presents derivation and interpretation of one type of variable order derivative definitions. For mathematical modelling of considering definition the switching and numerical scheme is given. The paper also introduces a numerical…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2013-04-19 Dominik Sierociuk , Wiktor Malesza , Michal Macias

In recent years, a new class of mixed finite elements -- compatible-strain mixed finite elements (CSMFEs) -- has emerged that uses the differential complex of nonlinear elasticity. Their excellent performance in benchmark problems, such as…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-04-29 Mohsen Jahanshahi , Damiano Pasini , Arash Yavari

We prove that conformable ``fractional" differentiability of a function $f:[0,\infty[\,\longrightarrow \mathbb{R}$ is nothing else than the classical differentiability. More precisely, the conformable $\alpha$-derivative of $f$ at some…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2024-02-12 Ahmed A. Abdelhakim , José A. Tenreiro Machado

We study waves in a viscoelastic rod whose constitutive equation is of generalized Zener type that contains fractional derivatives of complex order. The restrictions following from the Second Law of Thermodynamics are derived. The…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-02-01 Teodor M. Atanacković , Marko Janev , Sanja Konjik , Stevan Pilipović

We investigate a local modification of a variable-order fractional wave equation, which describes the propagation of diffusive wave in viscoelastic media with evolving physical property. We incorporate an equivalent formulation to prove the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-11-11 Jinhong Jia , Chuanting Jiang , Yiqun Li , Mengmeng Liu , Wenlin Qiu

Recently, we have proposed a new diffusive representation for fractional derivatives and, based on this representation, suggested an algorithm for their numerical computation. From the construction of the algorithm, it is immediately…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-04-12 Kai Diethelm

In this brief review, we present the results of the fractional differential approach in cosmology in the context of the exact models of cosmological accelerated expansion obtained by several authors to date. Most of these studies are…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2021-05-18 V. K. Shchigolev

The variational discrete element method developed in [28] for dynamic elasto-plastic computations is adapted to compute the deformation of elastic Cosserat materials. In addition to cellwise displacement degrees of freedom (dofs), cellwise…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-02-18 Frédéric Marazzato

Modeling of phenomena such as anomalous transport via fractional-order differential equations has been established as an effective alternative to partial differential equations, due to the inherent ability to describe large-scale behavior…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-10-25 Jorge Suzuki , Mamikon Gulian , Mohsen Zayernouri , Marta D'Elia

Infinite order differential equations have come to play an increasingly significant role in theoretical physics. Field theories with infinitely many derivatives are ubiquitous in string field theory and have attracted interest recently also…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-12-18 Neil Barnaby , Niky Kamran

In this paper we consider extensions of the gradient elasticity models proposed earlier by the second author to describe materials with fractional non-locality and fractality using the techniques developed recently by the first author. We…

Classical Physics · Physics 2018-08-15 Vasily E. Tarasov , Elias C. Aifantis

We consider Hadamard fractional derivatives and integrals of variable fractional order. A new type of fractional operator, which we call the Hadamard-Marchaud fractional derivative, is also considered. The objective is to represent these…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2015-03-17 Ricardo Almeida , Delfim F. M. Torres

Fractional differential equations provide a tractable mathematical framework to describe anomalous behavior in complex physical systems, yet they introduce new sensitive model parameters, i.e. derivative orders, in addition to model…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-06-05 Ehsan Kharazmi , Mohsen Zayernouri

A generalization of exterior calculus is considered by allowing the partial derivatives in the exterior derivative to assume fractional orders. That is, a fractional exterior derivative is defined. This is found to generate new vector…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-10 Kathleen Cotrill-Shepherd , Mark Naber

We are witnessing the birth of a new variety of pharmacokinetics where non-integer-order differential equations are employed to study the time course of drugs in the body: this is dubbed "fractional pharmacokinetics." The presence of…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2019-04-25 Pantelis Sopasakis , Haralambos Sarimveis , Panos Macheras , Aristides Dokoumetzidis

Over the last decade, it has been demonstrated that many systems in science and engineering can be modeled more accurately by fractional-order than integer-order derivatives, and many methods are developed to solve the problem of fractional…

Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition · Computer Science 2016-08-11 Qi Yang , Dali Chen , Tiebiao Zhao , YangQuan Chen

Scientific studies often require the precise calculation of derivatives. In many cases an analytical calculation is not feasible and one resorts to evaluating derivatives numerically. These are error-prone, especially for higher-order…

High Energy Physics - Phenomenology · Physics 2010-05-28 Mathias Wagner , Andrea Walther , Bernd-Jochen Schaefer