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We investigate the variable-exponent Abel integral equations and corresponding fractional Cauchy problems. The main contributions of the work are enumerated as follows: (i) We develop an approximate inversion technique for variable-exponent…
We introduce more general concepts of Riemann-Liouville fractional integral and derivative on time scales, of a function with respect to another function. Sufficient conditions for existence and uniqueness of solution to an initial value…
We prove multidimensional integration by parts formulas for generalized fractional derivatives and integrals. The new results allow us to obtain optimality conditions for multidimensional fractional variational problems with Lagrangians…
We introduce the definition of conformable derivative on time scales and develop its calculus. Fundamental properties of the conformable derivative and integral on time scales are proved. Linear conformable differential equations with…
We investigate the solution to the logistic equation involving non-local operators in time. In the linear case such operators lead to the well-known theory of time changes. We provide the probabilistic representation for the non-linear…
In this paper, we will give a rigorous construction of the exact discrete Lagrangian formulation associated to a continuous Lagrangian problem. Moreover, we work in the setting of Lie groupoids and Lie algebroids which is enough general to…
We introduce a fractional theory of the calculus of variations for multiple integrals. Our approach uses the recent notions of Riemann-Liouville fractional derivatives and integrals in the sense of Jumarie. Main results provide fractional…
In this paper, we introduce the nabla fractional derivative and fractional integral on time scales in the Riemann-Liouville sense. We also introduce the nabla fractional derivative in Gr\"unwald-Letnikov sense. Some of the basic properties…
We study dynamic minimization problems of the calculus of variations with Lagrangian functionals containing Riemann-Liouville fractional integrals, classical and Caputo fractional derivatives. Under assumptions of regularity, coercivity and…
This work presents the variational principles and the intrinsic versions of several equations in field theories, in particular, for the Classical Euler-Lagrange field equations, the implicit Euler-Lagrange field equations and the…
We prove a necessary optimality condition for isoperimetric problems under nabla-differentiable curves. As a consequence, the recent results of [M.R. Caputo, A unified view of ostensibly disparate isoperimetric variational problems, Appl.…
We investigate symmetry reduction of optimal control problems for left-invariant control systems on Lie groups, with partial symmetry breaking cost functions. Our approach emphasizes the role of variational principles and considers a…
The purpose of this paper is to announce some new results on the structure of the higher order Euler-Lagrange mapping of the multiple-integral variational calculus on fibered manifolds,namely a description of its kernel and its image,and an…
As a first step at developing a theory of noncommutative nonlinear elliptic partial differential equations, we analyze noncommutative analogues of Laplace's equation and its variants (some of the them nonlinear) over noncommutative tori.…
We prove a necessary optimality condition of Euler--Lagrange type for the calculus of variations with Omega derivatives, which turns out to be sufficient under jointly convexity of the Lagrangian.
In this paper we study isoperimetric problems of the calculus of variations with left and right Riemann-Liouville fractional derivatives. Both situations when the lower bound of the variational integrals coincide and do not coincide with…
We study, using an optimal control point of view, higher-order variational problems of Herglotz type with time delay. Main results are higher-order Euler-Lagrange and DuBois-Reymond necessary optimality conditions as well as a higher-order…
Degenerate hyperbolic equations are dealing with many important issues for applied nature. While a variety of degenerate equations and boundary conditions, successfully matched to these differential equation, most in the characteristic…
The language of Lagrangian submanifolds is used to extend a geometric characterization of the inverse problem of the calculus of variations on tangent bundles to regular Lie algebroids. Since not all closed sections are locally exact on Lie…
Lagrangians linear in velocities were analyzed using the fractional calculus and the Euler-Lagrange equations were derived. Two examples were investigated in details, the explicit solutions of Euler-Lagrange equations were obtained and the…