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We review some applications of fractional calculus developed by the author (partly in collaboration with others) to treat some basic problems in continuum and statistical mechanics. The problems in continuum mechanics concern mathematical…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2012-01-05 Francesco Mainardi

Fractional calculus, in allowing integrals and derivatives of any positive order (the term "fractional" kept only for historical reasons), can be considered a branch of mathematical physics which mainly deals with integro-differential…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2012-02-02 Francesco Mainardi

Fractional analysis is applied to describe classical dynamical systems. Fractional derivative can be defined as a fractional power of derivative. The infinitesimal generators {H, .} and L=G(q,p) \partial_q+F(q,p) \partial_p, which are used…

Classical Physics · Physics 2011-07-29 Vasily E. Tarasov

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

It is well known that using high-order numerical algorithms to solve fractional differential equations leads to almost the same computational cost with low-order ones but the accuracy (or convergence order) is greatly improved, due to the…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2017-05-25 Hengfei Ding , Changpin Li

We explore the fractional advection-diffusion equation and rare events associated with the ACTRW model. When waiting times have a finite mean but infinite variance, and the displacements follow a narrow distribution, the fractional operator…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2025-02-18 Yuanze Hong , Tian zhou , Wanli Wang

Fractional kinetic equations employ non-integer calculus to model anomalous relaxation and diffusion in many systems. While this approach is well explored, it so far failed to describe an important class of transport in disordered systems.…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2021-01-04 Wanli Wang , Eli Barkai

Anomalous relaxation and diffusion processes have been widely characterized by fractional derivative models, where the definition of the fractional-order derivative remains a historical debate due to the singular memory kernel that…

Statistical Mechanics · Physics 2016-06-17 HongGuang Sun , Xiaoxiao Hao , Yong Zhang , Dumitru Baleanu

This paper deals with fractional differential equations, with dependence on a Caputo fractional derivative of real order. The goal is to show, based on concrete examples and experimental data from several experiments, that fractional…

General Mathematics · Mathematics 2016-11-03 Ricardo Almeida , Nuno R. O. Bastos , M. Teresa T. Monteiro

Fractional differential calculus is a mathematical tool that has found applications in the study of social and physical behaviors considered ``anomalous''. It is often used when traditional integer derivatives models fail to represent cases…

General Relativity and Quantum Cosmology · Physics 2024-05-07 Kevin Marroquín , Genly Leon , Alfredo D. Millano , Claudio Michea , Andronikos Paliathanasis

The notion of fractional dynamics is related to equations of motion with one or a few terms with derivatives of a fractional order. This type of equation appears in the description of chaotic dynamics, wave propagation in fractal media, and…

Classical Physics · Physics 2015-03-19 Vasily E. Tarasov , George M. Zaslavsky

This paper is concerned with analysis of coupled fractional reaction-diffusion equations. It provides analytical comparison for the fractional and regular reaction-diffusion systems. As an example, the reaction-diffusion model with cubic…

Adaptation and Self-Organizing Systems · Physics 2007-05-23 Vasyl Gafiychuk , Bohdan Datsko , Vitaliy Meleshko

In the present work, we investigate the potential of fractional derivatives to model atmospheric dispersion of pollutants. We propose simple fractional differential equation models for the steady state spatial distribution of concentration…

Atmospheric and Oceanic Physics · Physics 2017-02-22 A. G. O. Goulart , M. J. Lazo , J. M. S. Suarez , D. M. Moreira

This study makes the first attempt to use the 2/3-order fractional Laplacian modeling of enhanced diffusing movements of random turbulent particle resulting from nonlinear inertial interactions. A combined effect of the inertial…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2007-05-23 Wen Chen

The fractional calculus of variations and fractional optimal control are generalizations of the corresponding classical theories, that allow problem modeling and formulations with arbitrary order derivatives and integrals. Because of the…

Optimization and Control · Mathematics 2013-12-17 Shakoor Pooseh

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 introduce a fractional calculus on time scales using the theory of delta (or nabla) dynamic equations. The basic notions of fractional order integral and fractional order derivative on an arbitrary time scale are proposed, using the…

Classical Analysis and ODEs · Mathematics 2010-12-08 Nuno R. O. Bastos , Dorota Mozyrska , Delfim F. M. Torres

The essentials of fractional calculus according to different approaches that can be useful for our applications in the theory of probability and stochastic processes are established. In addition to this, from this fractional integral one…

Mathematical Physics · Physics 2013-07-31 Nicy Sebastian

In this paper the author presents the results of the preliminary investigation of fractional dynamical systems based on the results of numerical simulations of fractional maps. Fractional maps are equivalent to fractional differential…

Chaotic Dynamics · Physics 2018-07-06 Mark Edelman

Fractional equations have become the model of choice in several applications where heterogeneities at the microstructure result in anomalous diffusive behavior at the macroscale. In this work we introduce a new fractional operator…

Numerical Analysis · Mathematics 2021-01-29 Marta D'Elia , Christian Glusa