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We examine the fractional derivative of composite functions and present a generalization of the product and chain rules for the Caputo fractional derivative. These results are especially important for physical and biological systems that…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2019-01-10 Gavriil Shchedrin , Nathanael C. Smith , Anastasia Gladkina , Lincoln D. Carr

Main results and techniques of the fractional calculus of variations are surveyed. We consider variational problems containing Caputo derivatives and study them using both indirect and direct methods. In particular, we provide necessary…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-11-12 Ricardo Almeida , Delfim F. M. Torres

We obtain a new decomposition of the Riemann-Liouville operators of fractional integration as a series involving derivatives (of integer order). The new formulas are valid for functions of class $C^n$, $n \in \mathbb{N}$, and allow us to…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2012-10-29 Shakoor Pooseh , Ricardo Almeida , Delfim F. M. Torres

We present a new method for approximating real-valued functions on ${\mathbb R}^+$ by linear combinations of exponential functions with complex coefficients. The approach is based on a multi-point Pad\'e approximation of the Laplace…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-05-05 Alexey Kuznetsov , Armin Mohammadioroojeh

We establish sharp inequalities involving the incomplete Beta and Gamma functions. These inequalities arise in the approximation of generalized Bernstein functions by higher order Thorin-Bernstein functions. Furthermore, new properties of a…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2024-09-05 Stamatis Koumandos , Henrik Laurberg Pedersen

The method of self-similar factor approximants is completed by defining the approximants of odd orders, constructed from the power series with the largest term of an odd power. It is shown that the method provides good approximations for…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-11-13 V. I. Yukalov , E. P. Yukalova

The asymptotic expansion of digamma function is a starting point for the derivation of approximants for harmonic sums or Euler-Mascheroni constant. It is usual to derive such approximations as values of logarithmic function, which leads to…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2013-12-06 Neven Elezović

The aim of this paper is to extend the approximate quasi-interpolation on a uniform grid by dilated shifts of a smooth and rapidly decaying function on a uniform grid to scattered data quasi-interpolation. It is shown that high order…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2007-05-23 F. Lanzara , V. Maz'ya , G. Schmidt

In this paper we present three types of Caputo-Hadamard derivatives of variable fractional order, and study the relations between them. An approximation formula for each fractional operator, using integer-order derivatives only, is…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2016-07-27 Ricardo Almeida

We give a proper fractional extension of the classical calculus of variations by considering variational functionals with a Lagrangian depending on a combined Caputo fractional derivative and the classical derivative. Euler-Lagrange…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-11-11 Tatiana Odzijewicz , Agnieszka B. Malinowska , Delfim F. M. Torres

The Dirichlet eta function can be divided into $n$-th partial sum $\eta_{n}(s)$ and remainder term $R_{n}(s)$. We focus on the remainder term which can be approximated by the expression for $n$. And then, to increase reliability, we make…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2016-05-25 Jeonwon Kim

In the present paper we introduce some expansions, based on the falling factorials, for the Euler Gamma function and the Riemann Zeta function. In the proofs we use the Fa\'a di Bruno formula, Bell polynomials, potential polynomials,…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2013-02-14 Grzegorz Rzadkowski

A new analytical approximation function is proposed to accurately fit the solution of a fractional differential equation of order one-half, whose nonhomogeneous term is defined by a modified Bessel function of the first kind. The exact…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2025-12-03 Byron Droguett , Pablo Martin , Eduardo Rojas , Jorge Olivares

We consider a class of numerical approximations to the Caputo fractional derivative. Our assumptions permit the use of nonuniform time steps, such as is appropriate for accurately resolving the behavior of a solution whose derivatives are…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-12-23 Hong-lin Liao , William McLean , Jiwei Zhang

Caputo q-fractional derivatives are introduced and studied. A Caputo -type q-fractional initial value problem is solved and its solution is expressed by means of a new introduced q-Mittag-Leffler function. Some open problems about…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2015-05-27 Thabet Abdeljawad , Dumitru Baleanu

In this work, we propose an exponentially convergent numerical method for the Caputo fractional propagator $S_\alpha(t)$ and the associated mild solution of the Cauchy problem with time-independent sectorial operator coefficient $A$ and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-04-08 Dmytro Sytnyk

The Caputo time-derivative is usually defined pointwise for well-behaved functions, say, for continuously differentiable functions. Accordingly, in the theory of the partial fractional differential equations with the Caputo derivatives, the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-11-27 Rudolf Gorenflo , Yuri Luchko , Masahiro Yamamoto

In this paper, the incomplete Pochhammer ratios are defined in terms of the incomplete beta function $B_{y}(x,z)$. With the help of these incomplete Pochhammer ratios, we introduce new incomplete Gauss, confluent hypergeometric and Appell's…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2019-01-16 Mehmet Ali Özarslan , Ceren Ustaoğlu

In [Temme N.M., Special functions. An introduction to the classical functions of mathematical physics, A Wiley-Interscience Publication, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., New York, 1996, Section 11.3.3.1] a uniform asymptotic expansion for the…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2016-10-26 Gergő Nemes , Adri B. Olde Daalhuis

Exact formulas are derived for the probability density functions of the sum and difference of two independent non-central gamma distributed random variables, with both series and integral representations of the density presented. These…

Probability · Mathematics 2026-05-18 Robert E. Gaunt , Heather L. Sutcliffe