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It has been recognized recently that fractional calculus is useful for handling scaling structures and processes. We begin this survey by pointing out the relevance of the subject to physical situations. Then the essential definitions and…

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It is well known that the Leibniz rule for the integer derivative of order one does not hold for the fractional derivative case when the fractional order lies between 0 and 1. Thus it poses a great difficulty in the calculation of…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2019-05-16 Bichitra Kumar Lenka

Using both fractional derivatives, defined in the Riemann-Liouville and Caputo senses, and classical derivatives of the integer order we examine different numerical approaches to ordinary differential equations. Generally we formulate some…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2007-12-04 Jacek S. Leszczynski , Tomasz Blaszczyk

The aim of this tutorial survey is to revisit the basic theory of relaxation processes governed by linear differential equations of fractional order. The fractional derivatives are intended both in the Rieamann-Liouville sense and in the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-05-18 Francesco Mainardi , Rudolf Gorenflo

Fractional dissipation is a powerful tool to study non-local physical phenomena such as damping models. The design of geometric, in particular, variational integrators for the numerical simulation of such systems relies on a variational…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-03-28 Khaled Hariz , Fernando Jiménez , Sina Ober-Blöbaum

The L-fractional derivative is defined as a certain normalization of the well-known Caputo derivative, so alternative properties hold: smoothness and finite slope at the origin for the solution, velocity units for the vector field, and a…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2024-07-16 Marc Jornet

Fractional (or non-integer) differentiation is an important concept both from theoretical and applicational points of view. The study of problems of the calculus of variations with fractional derivatives is a rather recent subject, the main…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2007-06-22 Gastao S. F. Frederico , Delfim F. M. Torres

Different fractional difference types of Euler-Lagrange equations are obtained within Riemann and Caputo by making use of different versions of integration by part forumlas in fractional difference calculus. An example is presented to…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2017-03-21 Thabet Abdeljawad

We introduce a general notion of fractional (noninteger) derivative for functions defined on arbitrary time scales. The basic tools for the time-scale fractional calculus (fractional differentiation and fractional integration) are then…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2014-12-05 Nadia Benkhettou , Artur M. C. Brito da Cruz , Delfim F. M. Torres

We introduce an efficient variational hybrid quantum-classical algorithm designed for solving Caputo time-fractional partial differential equations. Our method employs an iterable cost function incorporating a linear combination of overlap…

We propose two efficient numerical approaches for solving variable-order fractional optimal control-affine problems. The variable-order fractional derivative is considered in the Caputo sense, which together with the Riemann-Liouville…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-10-14 Somayeh Nemati , Delfim F. M. Torres

In order to solve fractional variational problems, there exist two theorems of necessary conditions: an Euler-Lagrange equation which involves Caputo and Riemann-Liouville fractional derivatives, and other Euler-Lagrange equation that…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2021-04-12 Melani Barrios , Gabriela Reyero , Mabel Tidball

We review some applications of fractional calculus developed by the author (partly in collaboration with others) to treat some basic problems in continuum and statistical mechanics. The problems in continuum mechanics concern mathematical…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2012-01-05 Francesco Mainardi

In this paper, a new fractional operator of variable order with the use of the monotonic increasing function is proposed in sense of Caputo type. The properties in term of the Laplace and Fourier transforms are analyzed and the results for…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2017-07-18 Xiao-Jun Yang , J. A. Tenreiro Machado

Fractional variation is defined as the limit of the difference quotient of the increments of a function and its argument raised to a fractional power. Fractional velocity can be suitable for characterizing singular behavior of derivatives…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2015-05-01 Dimiter Prodanov

Fractional order differential and difference equations are used to model systems with memory. Variable order fractional equations are proposed to model systems where the memory changes in time. We investigate stability conditions for linear…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2025-02-12 Prashant M. Gade , Sachin Bhalekar , Janardhan Chevala

The notion of a local fractional derivative (LFD) was introduced recently for functions of a single variable. LFD was shown to be useful in studying fractional differentiability properties of fractal and multifractal functions. It was…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2008-11-06 Kiran M. Kolwankar , Anil D. Gangal

Recently, fractional differential equations have been investigated via the famous variational iteration method. However, all the previous works avoid the term of fractional derivative and handle them as a restricted variation. In order to…

Exactly Solvable and Integrable Systems · Physics 2010-10-20 Guo-cheng Wu

After reviewing the definition of two differential operators which have been recently introduced by Caputo and Fabrizio and, separately, by Atangana and Baleanu, we present an argument for which these two integro-differential operators can…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2018-04-25 Andrea Giusti

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