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The Herglotz problem is a generalization of the fundamental problem of the calculus of variations. In this paper, we consider a class of non-differentiable functions, where the dynamics is described by a scale derivative. Necessary…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-04-18 Ricardo Almeida

This paper presents necessary and sufficient optimality conditions for problems of the fractional calculus of variations with a Lagrangian depending on the free end-points. The fractional derivatives are defined in the sense of Caputo.

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2010-04-20 Agnieszka B. Malinowska , Delfim F. M. Torres

In fractional calculus there are two approaches to obtain fractional derivatives. The first approach is by iterating the integral and then defining a fractional order by using Cauchy formula to obtain Riemann fractional integrals and…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2012-10-02 Thabet Abdeljawad , Dumitru Baleanu , Fahd Jarad , Ravi Agarwal

Diffusive representations of fractional derivatives have proven to be useful tools in the construction of fast and memory efficient numerical methods for solving fractional differential equations. A common challenge in many of the known…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-04-11 Kai Diethelm

In this brief note we critically examine the process of partial and of total differentiation, showing some of the problems that arise when we relate both concepts. A way to solve all the problems is proposed.

General Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Andrew E. Chubykalo , Rolando Alvarado Flores

Using the Mellin transform approach, it is shown that, in contrast with integer-order derivatives, the fractional-order derivative of a periodic function cannot be a function with the same period. The three most widely used definitions of…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2012-01-11 Eva Kaslik , Seenith Sivasundaram

In this paper, the solution of the multi-order differential equations, by using Mellin Transform, is proposed. It is shown that the problem related to the shift of the real part of the argument of the transformed function, arising when the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-02-28 Salvatore Butera , Mario Di Paola

A theory of a derivator version of six-functor-formalisms is developed, using an extension of the notion of fibered multiderivator due to the author. Using the language of (op)fibrations of 2-multicategories this has (like a usual fibered…

Category Theory · Mathematics 2021-06-08 Fritz Hörmann

In this paper, a higher order finite difference scheme is proposed for Generalized Fractional Diffusion Equations (GFDEs). The fractional diffusion equation is considered in terms of the generalized fractional derivatives (GFDs) which uses…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-06-08 Kamlesh Kumar , Rajesh K. Pandey

The paper is devoted to the development of control procedures with a guide for conflict-controlled dynamical systems described by ordinary fractional differential equations with the Caputo derivative of an order $\alpha \in (0, 1).$ For the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2019-01-10 Mikhail Gomoyunov

This short article contains the construction of a construction that generalizes the concept of the derivative of a function of one variable, using the theory of filters. The paper presents a new concept, demonstrates that it really…

Functional Analysis · Mathematics 2025-06-24 Dmytro Seliutin

The paper discusses the characteristic properties of fractional derivatives of non-integer order. It is known that derivatives of integer orders are determined by properties of differentiable functions only in an infinitely small…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2018-03-05 Vasily E. Tarasov

There has recently been considerable interest in using a nonstandard piecewise approximation to formulate fractional order differential equations as difference equations that describe the same dynamical behaviour and are more amenable to a…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-05-09 Christopher N Angstmann , Bruce I Henry , Anna V McGann

H\"older functions represent mathematical models of nonlinear physical phenomena. This work investigates the general conditions of existence of fractional velocity as a localized generalization of ordinary derivative with regard to the…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2016-08-02 Dimiter Prodanov

A distributed order fractional diffusion equation is considered. Distributed order derivatives are fractional derivatives that have been integrated over the order of the derivative within a given range. In this paper sub-diffusive cases are…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Mark Naber

Finite differences, as a subclass of direct methods in the calculus of variations, consist in discretizing the objective functional using appropriate approximations for derivatives that appear in the problem. This article generalizes the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-08-09 Shakoor Pooseh , Ricardo Almeida , Delfim F. M. Torres

We introduce complex order fractional derivatives in models that describe viscoelastic materials. This can not be carried out unrestrictedly, and therefore we derive, for the first time, real valued compatibility constraints, as well as…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-05-10 Teodor M. Atanacković , Sanja Konjik , Stevan Pilipović , Dušan Zorica

We consider dynamical systems that are described by fractional power of coordinates and momenta. The fractional powers can be considered as a convenient way to describe systems in the fractional dimension space. For the usual space the…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-11-11 Vasily E. Tarasov

In a recent paper, Cohl and Costas-Santos derived a number of interesting multi-derivative and multi-integral relations for associated Legendre and Ferrers functions in which the orders of those functions are changed in integral steps.…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2022-03-14 Loyal Durand

We define, for an arbitrary partially ordered set, a multi-variable polynomial generalizing the hook polynomial.

Combinatorics · Mathematics 2015-06-10 Oleg Ogievetsky , Senya Shlosman