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This article provides an accessible introduction to fractional derivatives, a concept that extends classical calculus by allowing derivatives of non-integer order. It explores both the fundamental definitions and some of the most relevant…

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We present some recent results obtained by the author on the regularity of solutions to nonlocal variational problems. In particular, we review the notion of fractional De Giorgi class, explain its role in nonlocal regularity theory, and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-02-06 Matteo Cozzi

In this PhD thesis, we deal with problems related to nonlocal operators, in particular to the fractional Laplacian and to some other types of fractional derivatives (the Caputo and the Marchaud derivatives). We make an extensive…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2017-05-03 Claudia Bucur

The following document presents some novel numerical methods valid for one and several variables, which using the fractional derivative, allow to find solutions for some non-linear systems in the complex space using real initial conditions.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-04-25 A. Torres-Hernandez , F. Brambila-Paz

We present a theoretical and computational framework based on fractional calculus for the analysis of the nonlocal static response of cylindrical shell panels. The differ-integral nature of fractional derivatives allows an efficient and…

Computational Engineering, Finance, and Science · Computer Science 2022-06-29 Sai Sidhardh , Sansit Patnaik , Fabio Semperlotti

The notion of fractional dynamics is related to equations of motion with one or a few terms with derivatives of a fractional order. This type of equation appears in the description of chaotic dynamics, wave propagation in fractal media, and…

Classical Physics · Physics 2015-03-19 Vasily E. Tarasov , George M. Zaslavsky

Local fractional calculus deals with everywhere continuous but nowhere differentiable functions in fractal space. The Yang-Fourier transform based on the local fractional calculus is a generalization of Fourier transform in fractal space.…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-07-23 Xiao-Jun Yang

We apply the subordination principle to construct kinetic fractional statistical dynamics in the continuum in terms of solutions to Vlasov-type hierarchies. As a by-product we obtain the evolution of the density of particles in the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2016-10-19 Jose Luis da Silva , Anatoly N. Kochubei , Yuri Kondratiev

We introduce fractional flat space, described by a continuous geometry with constant non-integer Hausdorff and spectral dimensions. This is the analogue of Euclidean space, but with anomalous scaling and diffusion properties. The basic tool…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2013-01-22 Gianluca Calcagni

Fractional analysis is applied to describe classical dynamical systems. Fractional derivative can be defined as a fractional power of derivative. The infinitesimal generators {H, .} and L=G(q,p) \partial_q+F(q,p) \partial_p, which are used…

Classical Physics · Physics 2011-07-29 Vasily E. Tarasov

In this article, we consider fractional derivatives of local time for $d-$dimensional centered Gaussian processes satisfying certain strong local nondeterminism property. We first give a condition for existence of fractional derivatives of…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-04-27 Minhao Hong , Qian Yu

In a previous article by the author, it was shown that one could effectively give a variational formulation to non-conservative mechanical systems by starting with the first variation functional instead of an action functional. In this…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2022-06-15 D. H. Delphenich

Methods from the geometry of nonholonomic manifolds and Lagrange-Finsler spaces are applied in fractional calculus with Caputo derivatives and for elaborating models of fractional gravity and fractional Lagrange mechanics. The geometric…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2011-06-03 Dumitru Baleanu , Sergiu I. Vacaru

The standard lore in noncommutative physics is the use of first order variational description of a dynamical system to probe the space noncommutativity and its consequences in the dynamics in phase space. As the ultimate goal is to…

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2008-11-26 Ignacio Cortese , J. Antonio Garcia

Invariant conditions for conformable fractional problems of the calculus of variations under the presence of external forces in the dynamics are studied. Depending on the type of transformations considered, different necessary conditions of…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2017-04-14 Matheus J. Lazo , Delfim F. M. Torres

This article analysis differential equations which represents damped and fractional oscillators. First, it is shown that prior to using physical quantities in fractional calculus, it is imperative that they are turned dimensionless.…

We introduce a notion of fractional (noninteger order) derivative on an arbitrary nonempty closed subset of the real numbers (on a time scale). Main properties of the new operator are proved and several illustrative examples given.

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2016-09-06 Benaoumeur Bayour , Delfim F. M. Torres

This work proposes a conformable fractional predictor-corrector algorithm for solving conformable fractional differential equations. Fractional calculus is finding applications in various scientific fields, but existing numerical methods…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-06-25 Mohamed Echchehira , Youness Assebbane , Mustapha Atraoui , Mohamed Bouaouid

Spatial non-locality of space-fractional viscoelastic equations of motion is studied. Relaxation effects are accounted for by replacing second-order time derivatives by lower-order fractional derivatives and their generalizations. It is…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-03 Andrzej Hanyga , Malgorzata Seredynska

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