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In this paper we provide a definition of fractional gradient operators, related to directional derivatives. We develop a fractional vector calculus, providing a probabilistic interpretation and mathematical tools to treat multidimensional…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-05-21 M. D'Ovidio , R. Garra

With the discovery of new superconductors there was a running to find the justifications for the new properties found in these materials. In order to describe these new effects some theories were adapted and some others have been tried. In…

Superconductivity · Physics 2012-07-24 José Weberszpil

Designing effective neural networks requires tuning architectural elements. This study integrates fractional calculus into neural networks by introducing fractional order derivatives (FDO) as tunable parameters in activation functions,…

Machine Learning · Computer Science 2025-01-13 Zahra Alijani , Vojtech Molek

This paper presents a novel method for analytical derivations of marginal densities using the fractional derivatives of moment-generating functions. Although the method requires likelihood functions to take specific forms, its assumptions…

Methodology · Statistics 2026-04-06 Si-Yang Li , David A. van Dyk , Maximilian Autenrieth

In this paper we present stochastic foundations of fractional dynamics driven by fractional material derivative of distributed order-type. Before stating our main result we present the stochastic scenario which underlies the dynamics given…

Probability · Mathematics 2015-10-02 Marcin Magdziarz , Marek Teuerle

This paper is concerned with analyzing a class of fractional calculus of variations problems and their associated Euler-Lagrange (fractional differential) equations. Unlike the existing fractional calculus of variations which is based on…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-07-12 Xiaobing Feng , Mitchell Sutton

In physics, phenomena of diffusion and wave propagation have great relevance; these physical processes are governed in the simplest cases by partial differential equations of order 1 and 2 in time, respectively. By replacing the time…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2019-12-10 Armando Consiglio , Francesco Mainardi

Definitions of fractional derivatives as fractional powers of derivative operators are suggested. The Taylor series and Fourier series are used to define fractional power of self-adjoint derivative operator. The Fourier integrals and Weyl…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2015-03-17 Vasily E. Tarasov

This work, dealt with the classical mean value theorem and took advantage of it in the fractional calculus. The concept of a fractional critical point is introduced. Some sufficient conditions for the existence of a critical point is…

Differential Geometry · Mathematics 2016-10-31 Abdolali Neamaty Hosseinabadi , Mehdi Nategh

Fractional calculus has been used to describe physical systems with complexity. Here, we show that a fractional calculus approach can restore or include complexity in any physical systems that can be described by partial differential…

Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics · Physics 2024-08-06 Kyle Rockwell , Ezio Iacocca

The importance of fractional time-derivative to take care of memory effects has been brought out by considering the example of a simple oscillator.

Classical Physics · Physics 2021-11-23 Vishwamittar , Yashika Taneja , Nipun Ahuja

In this paper, we revisit the diffusive representations of fractional integrals established in \cite{diethelm2023diffusive} to explore novel variants of such representations which provide highly efficient numerical algorithms for the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-08 Renu Chaudhary , Kai Diethelm

This work introduces and analyzes a finite element scheme for evolution problems involving fractional-in-time and in-space differentiation operators up to order two. The left-sided fractional-order derivative in time we consider is employed…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2018-04-17 Gabriel Acosta , Francisco M. Bersetche , Juan Pablo Borthagaray

In this paper we present numerical methods - finite differences and finite elements - for solution of partial differential equation of fractional order in time for one-dimensional space. This equation describes anomalous diffusion which is…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Mariusz Ciesielski , Jacek Leszczynski

In this paper, the classical problem of the probabilistic characterization of a random variable is re-examined. A random variable is usually described by the probability density function (PDF) or by its Fourier transform, namely the…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-01-22 Giulio Cottone , Mario Di Paola

This book intends to deepen the study of the fractional calculus, giving special emphasis to variable-order operators. It is organized in two parts, as follows. In the first part, we review the basic concepts of fractional calculus (Chapter…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2018-06-19 Ricardo Almeida , Dina Tavares , Delfim F. M. Torres

In this study, we explore the field of physics through the lens of fractional dimensionality. We propose that space is not confined to integer dimensions alone, but can also be understood as a superposition of spaces that exist between…

General Physics · Physics 2026-03-24 Ali Dorostkar

Fractional diffusion equations imply non-Gaussian distributions that generalise the standard diffusive process. Recent advances in fractional calculus lead to a class of new fractional operators defined by non-singular memory kernels,…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2018-12-26 M. A. F. dos Santos , Ignacio S. Gomez

Many possible definitions have been proposed for fractional derivatives and integrals, starting from the classical Riemann-Liouville formula and its generalisations and modifying it by replacing the power function kernel with other kernel…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2021-05-03 Arran Fernandez , Mehmet Ali Ozarslan , Dumitru Baleanu

A generalization of the economic model of natural growth, which takes into account the power-law memory effect, is suggested. The memory effect means the dependence of the process not only on the current state of the process, but also on…

Economics · Quantitative Finance 2017-01-11 Valentina V. Tarasova , Vasily E. Tarasov