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We consider an initial-boundary value problem for the time-fractional diffusion equation. We prove the equivalence of two notions of weak solutions, viscosity solutions and distributional solutions.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-08-26 Yoshikazu Giga , Hiroyoshi Mitake , Shoichi Sato

This article is devoted to presenting an abstract theory on time-fractional gradient flows for nonconvex energy functionals in Hilbert spaces. Main results consist of local and global in time existence of (continuous) strong solutions to…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-01-15 Goro Akagi , Yoshihito Nakajima

We prove existence of weak solutions to the obstacle problem for semilinear wave equations (including the fractional case) by using a suitable approximating scheme in the spirit of minimizing movements. This extends the results in [9],…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-04-05 Mauro Bonafini , Van Phu Cuong Le , Matteo Novaga , Giandomenico Orlandi

This article deals with time-fractional diffusion equations with time-dependent singular source term. Whenever the order of the time-fractional derivative is either multi-term, distributed or space-dependent, we prove that the system admits…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-09-07 Yavar Kian , Eric Soccorsi

The fractional calculus is useful to model non-local phenomena. We construct a method to evaluate the fractional Caputo derivative by means of a simple explicit quadratic segmentary interpolation. This method yields to numerical resolution…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-08-26 Alberto Ferrari , Manuel Gadella , Luis Lara , Eduardo Santillan Marcus

We develop a functional framework suitable for the treatment of partial differential equations and variational problems on evolving families of Banach spaces. We propose a definition for the weak time derivative that does not rely on the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-02-17 Amal Alphonse , Diogo Caetano , Ana Djurdjevac , Charles M. Elliott

In this paper, we investigate the existence and uniqueness of solutions for a fractional boundary value problem supplemented with nonlocal Riemann-Liouville fractional integral and Caputo fractional derivative boundary conditions. Our…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2018-05-17 Faouzi Haddouchi

In this note we analyse the propagation of a small density perturbation in a one-dimensional compressible fluid by means of fractional calculus modelling, replacing thus the ordinary time derivative with the Caputo fractional derivative in…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2014-03-06 Roberto Garra , Federico Polito

This paper is concerned with the fractional evolution equation with a discrete distribution of Caputo time-derivatives such that the largest and the smallest orders, $\alpha$ and $\alpha_m$, satisfy the conditions $1<\alpha\le 2$ and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-01-11 Emilia Bazhlekova , Ivan Bazhlekov

The time-fractional diffusion-wave equation is revisited, where the time derivative is of order $2 \nu$ and $0 < \nu \le 1$. The behaviour of the equation is "diffusion-like" (respectively, "wave-like") when $0 < \nu \le \frac{1}{2}$…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-10-25 Marianito R. Rodrigo

In this paper, we shall study existence of weak solutions to complex Hessian equations. With appropriate assumptions, it is possible to obtain weak solutions in pluripotential sense.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-05-11 Wei Sun

In the paper, a linear differential equation with variable coefficients and a Caputo fractional derivative is considered. For this equation, a Cauchy problem is studied, when an initial condition is given at an intermediate point that does…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-09-01 Mikhail Gomoyunov

We investigate the stability and stabilization concepts for infinite dimensional time fractional differential linear systems in Hilbert spaces with Caputo derivatives. Firstly, based on a family of operators generated by strongly continuous…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2020-03-09 Hanaa Zitane , Ali Boutoulout , Delfim F. M. Torres

The existence of positive weak solutions is related to spectral information on the corresponding partial differential operator.

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2009-07-14 Daniel Lenz , Peter Stollmann , Ivan Veselić

We consider time-fractional parabolic equations with a Caputo time derivative of order $\alpha\in(0,1)$. For such equations, we give an elementary proof of the weak maximum principle under no assumptions on the sign of the reaction…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2022-05-20 Natalia Kopteva

This paper investigates the approximate controllability of linear fractional impulsive evolution equations in Hilbert spaces. The system under consideration involves the Caputo fractional derivative of order $0<\alpha\leq 1$, a closed…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2026-01-01 Javad A. Asadzade , Nazim I. Mahmudov

We consider notions of weak solutions to a general class of parabolic problems of linear growth, formulated independently of time regularity. Equivalence with variational solutions is established using a stability result for weak solutions.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-10-08 Theo Elenius

Time-fractional parabolic equations with a Caputo time derivative of order $\alpha\in(0,1)$ are discretised in time using collocation methods, which assume that the Caputo derivative of the computed solution is piecewise-polynomial. For…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2026-02-23 Sebastian Franz , Natalia Kopteva

This study presents a novel high-order numerical method designed for solving the two-dimensional time-fractional convection-diffusion (TFCD) equation. The Caputo definition is employed to characterize the time-fractional derivative. A weak…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2023-08-21 Anshima Singh , Sunil Kumar

In this paper, a fractional derivative with short-term memory properties is defined, which can be viewed as an extension of Caputo fractional derivative. Then, some properties of the short memory fractional derivative are discussed. Also, a…

Dynamical Systems · Mathematics 2020-07-14 Xudong Hai , Guojian Ren , Yongguang Yu , Lipo Mo , Conghui Xu