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In this paper we construct approximations for the Caputo derivative of order $1-\alpha,2-\alpha,2$ and $3-\alpha$. The approximations have weights $0.5\left((k+1)^{-\alpha}-(k-1)^{-\alpha}\right)/\Gamma(1-\alpha)$ and…
In the present paper we use the expansion formula of the polylogarithm function to construct approximations of the Caputo derivative which are related to the midpoint approximation of the integral in the definition of the Caputo derivative.…
In this paper we derive the fourth-order asymptotic expansions of the trapezoidal approximation for the fractional integral and the $L1$ approximation for the Caputo derivative. We use the expansion of the $L1$ approximation to obtain the…
The Gr\"unwald and shifted Gr\"unwald formulas for the function $y(x)-y(b)$ are first order approximations for the Caputo fractional derivative of the function $y(x)$ with lower limit at the point $b$. We obtain second and third order…
When $0<\alpha<1$, the approximation for the Caputo derivative $$y^{(\alpha)}(x) = \frac{1}{\Gamma(2-\alpha)h^\alpha}\sum_{k=0}^n \sigma_k^{(\alpha)} y(x-kh)+O\bigl(h^{2-\alpha}\bigr),$$ where $\sigma_0^{(\alpha)} = 1, \sigma_n^{(\alpha)} =…
Asymptotic approximations of Jacobi polynomials are given in terms of elementary functions for large degree $n$ and parameters $\alpha$ and $\beta$. From these new results, asymptotic expansions of the zeros are derived and methods are…
Asymptotic approximations to the zeros of Jacobi polynomials are given, with methods to obtain the coefficients in the expansions. These approximations can be used as standalone methods for the non-iterative computation of the nodes of…
We consider a conflict-controlled dynamical system described by a nonlinear ordinary fractional differential equation with the Caputo derivative of an order $\alpha \in (0, 1).$ Basing on the finite-difference Gr\"{u}nwald-Letnikov…
Using a temporally weighted norm we first establish a result on the global existence and uniqueness of solutions for Caputo fractional stochastic differential equations of order $\alpha\in(\frac{1}{2},1)$ whose coefficients satisfy a…
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…
We present and investigate a new type of implicit fractional linear multistep method of order two for fractional initial value problems. The method is obtained from the second order super convergence of the Gr\"unwald-Letnikov approximation…
We present a new fractional Taylor formula for singular functions whose Caputo fractional derivatives are of bounded variation. It bridges and ``interpolates" the usual Taylor formulas with two consecutive integer orders. This enables us to…
We establish some asymptotic expansions for infinite weighted convolutions of distributions having light subexponential tails. Examples are presented, some showing that in order to obtain an expansion with two significant terms, one needs…
We present a new numerical tool to solve partial differential equations involving Caputo derivatives of fractional variable order. Three Caputo-type fractional operators are considered, and for each one of them an approximation formula is…
We begin with a treatment of the Caputo time-fractional diffusion equation, by using the Laplace transform, to obtain a Volterra intego-differential equation where we may examine the weakly singular nature of this convolution…
Starting with the asymptotic expansion of the error equation of the shifted Gr\"{u}nwald--Letnikov formula, we derive a new modified weighted shifted Gr\"{u}nwald--Letnikov (WSGL) formula by introducing appropriate correction terms. We then…
In this work, a second-order approximation of the fractional substantial derivative is presented by considering a modified shifted substantial Gr\"{u}nwald formula and its asymptotic expansion. Moreover, the proposed approximation is…
In this paper, we derive an asymptotic error expansion for the eigenvalue approximations by the lowest order Raviart-Thomas mixed finite element method for the general second order elliptic eigenvalue problems. Extrapolation based on such…
We develop a finite difference approximation of order $\alpha$ for the $\alpha$-fractional derivative. The weights of the approximation scheme have the same rate-matrix type properties as the popular Gr\"unwald scheme. In particular,…
In this paper the Benettin-Wolf algorithm to determine all Lyapunov exponents adapted to a class of non-commensurate fractional-order systems modeled by Caputo's derivative and the corresponding Matlab code are presented. The paper…