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We consider an evolution equation involving the fractional powers, of order $s \in (0,1)$, of a symmetric and uniformly elliptic second order operator and Caputo fractional time derivative of order $\gamma \in (1,2]$. Since it has been…
In this paper, a one-phase Stefan-type problem for a semi-infinite material which has as its main feature a variable latent heat that depends on the power of the position and the velocity of the moving boundary is studied. Exact solutions…
We derive a fundamental solution $\mathscr{E}$ to a space-fractional diffusion problem on the half-line. The equation involves the Caputo derivative. We establish properties of $\mathscr{E}$ as well as formulas for solutions to the…
We consider fractional differential equations of order $\alpha \in (0,1)$ for functions of one independent variable $t\in (0,\infty)$ with the Riemann-Liouville and Caputo-Dzhrbashyan fractional derivatives. A precise estimate for the order…
In this chapter we consider different approximations for the one-dimensional one-phase Stefan problem corresponding to the fusion process of a semi-infinite material with a temperature boundary condition at the fixed face and non-linear…
In this work, we propose an efficient finite element method for solving fractional Sturm-Liouville problems involving either the Caputo or Riemann-Liouville derivative of order $\alpha\in(1,2)$ on the unit interval $(0,1)$. It is based on…
A mathematical model for a one-phase change problem (particularly a Stefan problem) with a memory flux, is obtained. The hypothesis that the weighted sum of fluxes back in time is proportional to the gradient of temperature is considered.…
In this paper we study some cases of time-fractional nonlinear dispersive equations (NDEs) involving Caputo derivatives, by means of the invariant subspace method. This method allows to find exact solutions to nonlinear time-fractional…
Different one-phase Stefan problems for a semi-infinite slab are considered, involving a moving phase change material as well as temperature dependent thermal coefficients. Existence of at least one similarity solution is proved imposing a…
We introduce and present the general solution of three two-term fractional differential equations of mixed Caputo/Riemann Liouville type. We then solve a Dirichlet type Sturm-Liouville eigenvalue problem for a fractional differential…
A recent development in the theory of fractional differential equations with variable coefficients has been a method for obtaining an exact solution in the form of an infinite series involving nested fractional integral operators. This…
The paper considers the initial-boundary value problem for equation $D^\rho_t u(x,t)+ (-\Delta)^\sigma u(x,t)=0$, $\rho\in (0,1)$, $\sigma>0$, in an N-dimensional domain $\Omega$ with a homogeneous Dirichlet condition. The fractional…
In this article, the Cauchy problem for the Langevin-type time-fractional equation $D_t^\beta(D_t^\alpha u(t))+D_t^\beta(Au(t))=f(t),(0<t\leq T)$ is studied. Here $\alpha,\beta \in(0,1)$, $D_t^\alpha, D_t^\beta$ is the Caputo derivative and…
One dimensional Stefan problems for a semi-infinite material with temperature dependent thermal coefficients are considered. Existence and uniqueness of solution are obtained imposing a Dirichlet or a Robin type condition at fixed face…
We study self-similar solutions of a multi-phase Stefan problem for a heat equation on the half-line $x>0$ with a constant initial data and with Dirichlet or Neumann boundary conditions. In the case of Dirichlet boundary condition we prove…
We study multi-phase Stefan problem with increasing Riemann initial data and with generally negative latent specific heats for the phase transitions. We propose the variational formulation of self-similar solutions, which allows to find…
We adopt a procedure of operational-umbral type to solve the $(1+1)$-dimensional fractional Fokker-Planck equation in which time fractional derivative of order $\alpha$ ($0 < \alpha < 1$) is in the Riemann-Liouville sense. The technique we…
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…
We consider the Cauchy problem for stochastic fractional evolution equations with Caputo time fractional derivative of order $1<\alpha<2$ and space variable coefficients on an unbounded domain. The space derivatives that appear in the…
We derive the fractional version of one-phase one-dimensional Stefan model. We assume that the diffusive flux is given by the time-fractional Riemann-Liouville derivative, i.e. we impose the memory effect in the examined model.