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We study two new classes of inverse problems for a time-switched system in which a fractional wave equation (with Caputo derivative of order $\alpha \in (1,2)$) governs the dynamics on the interval $[0,a)$, and a fractional diffusion…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-05-26 E. T. Karimov , N. A. Murolimova

A distributed order fractional diffusion equation is considered. Distributed order derivatives are fractional derivatives that have been integrated over the order of the derivative within a given range. In this paper sub-diffusive cases are…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2007-05-23 Mark Naber

We study the large-time asymptotics of the mean-square displacement for the time-fractional Schrodinger equation in $\mathbb{R}^d$. We define the time-fractional derivative by the Caputo derivative and we consider the initial-value problem…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2024-01-23 Peter D. Hislop , Eric Soccorsi

Fractional differential equations model processes with memory effects, providing a realistic perspective on complex systems. We examine time-delayed differential equations, discussing first-order and fractional Caputo time-delayed…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2025-05-08 Bayron Micolta-Riascos , Byron Droguett , Gisel Mattar Marriaga , Genly Leon , Andronikos Paliathanasis , Luis del Campo , Yoelsy Leyva

We consider fractional directional derivatives and establish some connection with stable densities. Solutions to advection equations involving fractional directional derivatives are presented and some properties investigated. In particular…

Probability · Mathematics 2012-04-17 Mirko D'Ovidio

In this paper we investigate the following fractional order in time Cauchy problem \begin{equation*} \begin{cases} \mathbb{D}_{t}^{\alpha }u(t)+Au(t)=f(u(t)), & 1<\alpha <2, u(0)=u_{0},\,\,\,u^{\prime }(0)=u_{1}. & \end{cases}%…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2018-08-08 Edgardo Alvarez , Ciprian Gal , Valentin Keyantuo , Mahamadi Warma

This paper establishes explicit solutions for fractional diffusion problems on bounded domains. It also gives stochastic solutions, in terms of Markov processes time-changed by an inverse stable subordinator whose index equals the order of…

Probability · Mathematics 2016-04-22 Boris Baeumer , Tomasz Luks , Mark M. Meerschaert

The fractional Fokker-Planck equation, which contains a variable diffusion coefficient, is discussed and solved. It corresponds to the L\'evy flights in a nonhomogeneous medium. For the case with the linear drift, the solution is stationary…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2009-06-09 Tomasz Srokowski

We consider an evolution equation with the regularized fractional derivative of an order $\alpha \in (0,1)$ with respect to the time variable, and a uniformly elliptic operator with variable coefficients acting in the spatial variables.…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2012-06-26 Samuil D. Eidelman , Anatoly N. Kochubei

Based on the continuous time random walk, we derive the Fokker-Planck equations with Caputo-Fabrizio fractional derivative, which can effectively model a variety of physical phenomena, especially, the material heterogeneities and structures…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2020-08-24 Minghua Chen , Jiankang Shi , Weihua Deng

We establish the fractional diffusion limit of the kinetic scattering equation with diffusive boundary condition in a strongly convex bounded domain $\mathcal{D}\subset\mathbb{R}^d$. According to the nature of the boundary condition, two…

Probability · Mathematics 2025-12-22 Loïc Béthencourt , Nicolas Fournier

We will give some regularity results about fractional diffusion-wave equations.

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2021-08-10 Paola Loreti , Daniela Sforza

This paper investigates an inverse source problem for a multi-term time-fractional diffusion equation with Caputo derivatives. The source term is separable as \(f(x)g(t)\), with the unknown spatial component \(f(x)\) reconstructed from an…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2026-03-03 Ravshan Ashurov , Damir Shamuratov

We consider initial/boundary value problems for time-fractional parabolic PDE of order $0<\alpha<1$ with Caputo fractional derivative (also called fractional diffusion equations in the literature). We prove well-posedness of corresponding…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-04-12 Michael Karkulik

We consider diffusion type equations with a distributed order derivative in the time variable. This derivative is defined as the integral in $\alpha$ of the Caputo-Dzhrbashian fractional derivative of order $\alpha \in (0,1)$ with a certain…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2015-06-26 Anatoly N. Kochubei

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

We consider a time-space fractional diffusion equation with a variable coefficient and investigate the inverse problem of reconstructing the source term, after regularizing the problem with the quasiboundary value method to mitigate the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-10-21 Asim Ilyas , Muhammad Faisal Khan , Rosita L. Sormani , Giacomo Tento , Stefano Serra-Capizzano

We start with a general governing equation for diffusion transport, written in a conserved form, in which the phenomenological flux laws can be constructed in a number of alternative ways. We pay particular attention to flux laws that can…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2019-02-22 Tokinaga Namba , Piotr Rybka , Vaughan Voller

We describe a general operational method that can be used in the analysis of fractional initial and boundary value problems with additional analytic conditions. As an example, we derive analytic solutions of some fractional generalisation…

Analysis of PDEs · Mathematics 2013-04-04 Roberto Garra , Federico Polito

This paper explores Barenblatt solutions of the time-fractional porous medium equation, characterized by a Caputo-type time derivative. Employing an integral equation approach, we rigorously prove the existence of these solutions and…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2025-07-28 Josefa Caballero , Hanna Okrasińska-Płociniczak , Łukasz Płociniczak , Kishin Sadarangani