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In many physical systems, dynamics is ruled by structures of atypical chaoticity. These structures may occupy a very small volume in phase space and can thus be very difficult to locate numerically. In this article, we review an algorithm,…
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With an increasing interest in the design of long and complex space missions, the search for orbits that require the least amount of fuel is of fundamental interest. This paper develops existing computational models for locating Unstable…
We obtain $L_p$ estimates for fractional parabolic equations with space-time non-local operators $$ \partial_t^\alpha u - Lu + \lambda u= f \quad \mathrm{in} \quad (0,T) \times \mathbb{R}^d,$$ where $\partial_t^\alpha u$ is the Caputo…
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Fractional derivative and delay are important tools in modeling memory properties in the natural system. This work deals with the stability analysis of a fractional order delay differential equation \begin{equation*} D^\alpha x(t)=\delta…
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