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Fractional dynamics of relativistic particle is discussed. Derivatives of fractional orders with respect to proper time describe long-term memory effects that correspond to intrinsic dissipative processes. Relativistic particle subjected to…

Plasma Physics · Physics 2014-03-31 Vasily E. Tarasov

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

Numerical solving differential equations with fractional derivatives requires elimination of the singularity which is inherent in the standard definition of fractional derivatives. The method of integration by parts to eliminate this…

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In this paper, we discuss a new general formulation of fractional optimal control problems whose performance index is in the fractional integral form and the dynamics are given by a set of fractional differential equations in the Caputo…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2016-08-24 H. M. Ali , F. Lobo Pereira , S. M. A. Gama

The friction force is derived using fractional calculus by considering the non-uniform flow of time in dissipative processes. The approach incorporates inhomogeneous velocity without unphysical approximations, resulting in a Lagrangian…

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We review some techniques from non-linear analysis in order to investigate critical paths for the action functional in the calculus of variations applied to physics. Previous attempts to analyse when these are minima ex- ist, but mainly…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-03-22 E. López , A. Molgado , J. A. Vallejo

It is shown that the action for Hamiltonian equations of motion can be brought into invariant symplectic form. In other words, it can be formulated directly in terms of the symplectic structure $\omega$ without any need to choose some…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-07-22 Alexey V. Golovnev , Alexander S. Ushakov

In the present paper, we address a class of the fractional derivatives of constant and variable orders for the first time. Fractional-order relaxation equations of constants and variable orders in the sense of Caputo type are modeled from…

Classical Physics · Physics 2017-07-18 Xiao-Jun Yang

This paper deals with fractional differential equations, with dependence on a Caputo fractional derivative of real order. The goal is to show, based on concrete examples and experimental data from several experiments, that fractional…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2016-11-03 Ricardo Almeida , Nuno R. O. Bastos , M. Teresa T. Monteiro

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

Fractional calculus generalizes the derivative and antiderivative operations of differential and integral calculus from integer orders to the entire complex plane. Methods are presented for using this generalized calculus with Laplace…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2007-05-23 F. S. Felber

The conformable derivative has been promoted in numerous publications as a new fractional derivative operator. This article provides a critical reassessment of this claim. We demonstrate that the conformable derivative is not a fractional…

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Necessary and sufficient stability and instability conditions are obtained for multi-term homogeneous linear fractional differential equations with three Caputo derivatives and constant coefficients. In both cases,…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2020-11-03 Oana Brandibur , Eva Kaslik

When considering fractional diffusion equation as model equation in analyzing anomalous diffusion processes, some important parameters in the model related to orders of the fractional derivatives, are often unknown and difficult to be…

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It is shown how to extend the formal variational calculus in order to incorporate integrals of divergences into it. Such a generalization permits to study nontrivial boundary problems in field theory on the base of canonical formalism.

High Energy Physics - Theory · Physics 2007-05-23 Vladimir O. Soloviev

We approach higher-order variational problems of Herglotz type from an optimal control point of view. Using optimal control theory, we derive a generalized Euler-Lagrange equation, transversality conditions, a DuBois-Reymond necessary…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-11-24 Simao P. S. Santos , Natalia Martins , Delfim F. M. Torres

We extend the DuBois-Reymond necessary optimality condition and Noether's symmetry theorem to the time delay variational setting. Both Lagrangian and Hamiltonian versions of Noether's theorem are proved, covering problems of the calculus of…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2012-07-23 Gastao S. F. Frederico , Delfim F. M. Torres

We generalize the fractional Caputo derivative to the fractional derivative ${{^CD}^{\alpha,\beta}_{\gamma}}$, which is a convex combination of the left Caputo fractional derivative of order $\alpha$ and the right Caputo fractional…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-09-23 Agnieszka B. Malinowska , Delfim F. M. Torres

We expand the classic variational formulation of $-\log\mathbb{E}\left[e^{-f}\right]$ to the case where f depends on a diffusion, and not only a on Brownian motion, while decreasing the integrability hypothesis on f. We also give an…

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