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We present and analyze a space-time Petrov-Galerkin finite element method for a time-fractional diffusion equation involving a Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative of order $\alpha\in(0,1)$ in time and zero initial data. We derive a…
In this paper we study the class of mixed-index time fractional differential equations in which different components of the problem have different time fractional derivatives on the left hand side. We prove a theorem on the solution of the…
In this paper, we deal with analysis of the initial-boundary value problems for the semilinear time-fractional diffusion equations, while the case of the linear equations was considered in the first part of the present work. These equations…
In this work, we consider the numerical recovery of a spatially dependent diffusion coefficient in a subdiffusion model from distributed observations. The subdiffusion model involves a Caputo fractional derivative of order $\alpha\in(0,1)$…
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…
The diffusion system with time-fractional order derivative is of great importance mathematically due to the nonlocal property of the fractional order derivative, which can be applied to model the physical phenomena with memory effects. We…
Quenching solutions to a Kawarada problem with a Caputo time-fractional derivative and a fractional Laplacian are considered. The solutions to such problems may only exist locally in time when quenching occurs. Quenching and non-quenching…
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…
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…
The aim of this paper is to exhibit a necessary and sufficient condition of optimality for functionals depending on fractional integrals and derivatives, on indefinite integrals and on presence of time delay. We exemplify with one example,…
In this letter we are concerned with the possibility to approach the existence of solutions to a class of discontinuous dynamical systems of fractional order. In this purpose, the underlying initial value problem is transformed into a…
Necessary and sufficient stability and instability conditions are obtained for multi-term homogeneous linear fractional differential equations with three Caputo derivatives and constant coefficients. In both cases,…
We prove optimality conditions for different variational functionals containing left and right Caputo fractional derivatives. A sufficient condition of minimization under an appropriate convexity assumption is given. An Euler-Lagrange…
We introduce a discrete-time fractional calculus of variations on the time scales $\mathbb{Z}$ and $(h\mathbb{Z})_a$. First and second order necessary optimality conditions are established. Some numerical examples illustrating the use of…
In this paper, we study a time-fractional subdiffusion equation with a nonlinear nonlocal initial condition involving the unknown solution at the final time. The considered problem is formulated using the Caputo fractional derivative of…
The study of fractional variational problems in terms of a combined fractional Caputo derivative is introduced. Necessary optimality conditions of Euler-Lagrange type for the basic, isoperimetric, and Lagrange variational problems are…
This paper is devoted to a nonlinear singular Riemann-Liouville type fractional differential equation, the local existence of whose continuous solutions under the weakest condition remained as an open problem until now. The singularity of…
We consider the well-posedness of the initial-boundary value problem for a time-fractional partial differential equation with the fractional order lying in (1,2]. For the case of time-dependent coefficients, it is difficult to give an…
The solution of time fractional partial differential equations in general exhibit a weak singularity near the initial time. In this article we propose a method for solving time fractional diffusion equation with nonlocal diffusion term. The…