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We study two generalizations of fractional variational problems by considering higher-order derivatives and a state time delay. We prove a higher-order integration by parts formula involving a Caputo fractional derivative of variable order…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-04-20 Dina Tavares , Ricardo Almeida , Delfim F. M. Torres

In a fractional Cauchy problem, the usual first order time derivative is replaced by a fractional derivative. This problem was first considered by \citet{nigmatullin}, and \citet{zaslavsky} in $\mathbb R^d$ for modeling some physical…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-11-29 Erkan Nane

In this article, we investigate both forward and backward problems for coupled systems of time-fractional diffusion equations, encompassing scenarios of strong coupling. For the forward problem, we establish the well-posedness of the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-08-19 Dian Feng , Yikan Liu , Shuai Lu

The asymptotic stable region and long-time decay rate of solutions to linear homogeneous Caputo time fractional ordinary differential equations (F-ODEs) are known to be completely determined by the eigenvalues of the coefficient matrix.…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2022-01-26 Dongling Wang , Jun Zou

This paper presents a numerical method to solve a time-fractional Burgers equation, achieving order of convergence $(2-\alpha)$ in time, here $\alpha$ represents the order of the time derivative. The fractional derivative is modeled by…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-08-29 Deeksha Singh , Swati Yadav , Rajesh K. Pandey

We consider a solution $u(\cdot,t)$ to an initial boundary value problem for time-fractional diffusion-wave equation with the order $\alpha \in (0,2) \setminus \{ 1\}$ where $t$ is a time variable. We first prove that a suitable norm of…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-03-11 Masahiro Yamamoto

This paper is devoted to the study of the inverse problem of determining the right-hand side of the subdiffusion equation with the Caputo derivative with respect to time. In our case, the inverse problem consists in restoring the…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2025-05-20 R. R. Ashurov , O. T. Mukhiddinova

We study a space-fractional Stefan problem with the Dirichlet boundary conditions. It is a model that describes superdiffusive phenomena. Our main result is the existence of the unique classical solution to this problem. In the proof we…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-08-08 S. D. Roscani , K. Ryszewska , L. D. Venturato

We consider an evolution equation whose time-diffusion is of fractional type and we provide decay estimates in time for the $L^s$-norm of the solutions in a bounded domain. The spatial operator that we take into account is very general and…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-08-24 Serena Dipierro , Enrico Valdinoci , Vincenzo Vespri

The evolution of a quantity, described by a function of space and time, relates the first derivative in time of this function to a spatial operator applied to the function. The initial value of the function at time $t=0$ is given. The…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Michelle M. Wyss , Walter Wyss

Problems of calculus of variations with variable endpoints cannot be solved without transversality conditions. Here, we establish such type of conditions for fractional variational problems with the Caputo derivative. We consider: the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2015-06-05 Ricardo Almeida , Agnieszka B. Malinowska

We study the linear fractional Schr\"odinger equation on a Hilbert space, with a fractional time derivative of order $0<\alpha<1,$ and a self-adjoint generator $A.$ Using the spectral theorem we prove existence and uniqueness of strong…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2016-11-29 Przemysław Górka , Humberto Prado , Juan Trujillo

Using the fractional derivative, considered in the Caputo sense, we study an analytical technique associated with the variational iteration method for the fractional generalized $\alpha$-time Burgers' equation with $\alpha>0$ and obtain…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-09-01 A. R. Gómez Plata , E. Capelas de Oliveira

The Cauchy problem for the telegraph equation $(D_{t}^{\rho })^{2}u(t)+2\alpha D_{t}^{\rho }u(t)+Au(t)=f(t)$ ($0<t\leq T, \, 0<\rho<1$), with the Caputo derivative is considered. Here $A$ is a selfadjoint positive operator, acting in a…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2023-05-23 Ravshan Ashurov , Rajapboy Saparbayev

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…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2008-11-22 Anatoly N. Kochubei

The solution of a Caputo time fractional diffusion equation of order $0<\alpha<1$ is expressed in terms of the solution of a corresponding integer order diffusion equation. We demonstrate a linear time mapping between these solutions that…

Computational Physics · Physics 2015-04-28 Peter W. Stokes , Bronson Philippa , Wayne Read , Ronald D. White

Time-fractional parabolic equations with a Caputo time derivative of order $\alpha\in(0,1)$ are discretized in time using continuous collocation methods. For such discretizations, we give sufficient conditions for existence and uniqueness…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2024-07-01 Sebastian Franz , Natalia Kopteva

We study solution techniques for an evolution equation involving second order derivative in time and the spectral fractional powers, of order $s \in (0,1)$, of symmetric, coercive, linear, elliptic, second-order operators in bounded domains…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-06-18 Lehel Banjai , Enrique Otarola

We give a proper fractional extension of the classical calculus of variations by considering variational functionals with a Lagrangian depending on a combined Caputo fractional derivative and the classical derivative. Euler-Lagrange…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2011-11-11 Tatiana Odzijewicz , Agnieszka B. Malinowska , Delfim F. M. Torres

In this paper we construct a new difference analog of the Caputo fractional derivative (called the $L2$-$1_\sigma$ formula). The basic properties of this difference operator are investigated and on its basis some difference schemes…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2014-10-20 A. A. Alikhanov