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A New Fractional Derivative with Classical Properties

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2014-11-11 v2

Abstract

We introduce a new fractional derivative which obeys classical properties including: linearity, product rule, quotient rule, power rule, chain rule, vanishing derivatives for constant functions, the Rolle's Theorem and the Mean Value Theorem. The definition, Dα(f)(t)=limϵ0f(teϵtα)f(t)ϵ, D^\alpha (f)(t) = \lim_{\epsilon \rightarrow 0} \frac{f(te^{\epsilon t^{-\alpha}}) - f(t)}{\epsilon}, is the most natural generalization that uses the limit approach. For 0α<10\leq \alpha < 1, it generalizes the classical calculus properties of polynomials. Furthermore, if α=1\alpha = 1, the definition is equivalent to the classical definition of the first order derivative of the function ff. Furthermore, it is noted that there are α\alpha-differentiable functions which are not differentiable.

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@article{arxiv.1410.6535,
  title  = {A New Fractional Derivative with Classical Properties},
  author = {Udita N. Katugampola},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1410.6535},
  year   = {2014}
}

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8 pages, 1 figure, submitted to Journal of American Mathematical Society

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