Solitary wave solutions for a time-fraction generalized Hirota–Satsuma coupled KdV equation by an analytical technique

In this work, we implement a relatively analytical technique, the homotopy perturbation method (HPM), for solving nonlinear partial differential equations of fractional order. The fractional derivatives are described in Caputo derivatives. This method can be used as an alternative to obtain analytic and approximate solutions of different types of fractional differential equations which applied in engineering mathematics. The corresponding solutions of the integer order equations are found to follow as special cases of those of fractional order equations. He’s homotopy perturbation method (HPM) which does not need small parameter is implemented for solving the differential equations. It is predicted that HPM can be found widely applicable in engineering.     

Solving systems of fractional differential equations using differential transform method

This paper presents approximate analytical solutions for systems of fractional differential equations using the differential transform method. The fractional derivatives are described in the Caputo sense. The application of differential transform method, developed for differential equations of integer order, is extended to derive approximate analytical solutions of systems of fractional differential equations. The solutions of our model equations are calculated in the form of convergent series with easily computable components. Some examples are solved as illustrations, using symbolic computation. The numerical results show that the approach is easy to implement and accurate when applied to systems of fractional differential equations. The method introduces a promising tool for solving many linear and nonlinear fractional differential equations.     

The transport dynamics in complex systems governing by anomalous diffusion modelled with Riesz fractional partial differential equations

In this paper, numerical solutions of fractional Fokker–Planck equations with Riesz space fractional derivatives have been developed. Here, the fractional Fokker–Planck equations have been considered in a finite domain. In order to deal with the Riesz fractional derivative operator, shifted Grünwald approximation and fractional centred difference approaches have been used. The explicit finite difference method and Crank–Nicolson implicit method have been applied to obtain the numerical solutions of fractional diffusion equation and fractional Fokker–Planck equations, respectively. Numerical results are presented to demonstrate the accuracy and effectiveness of the proposed numerical solution techniques. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Generalized Abel type integral equations with localized fractional integrals and derivatives

Generalized Abel type integral equations with Gauss, Kummer's and Humbert's confluent hypergeometric functions in the kernel and generalized Abel type integral equations with localized fractional integrals are considered. The left-hand sides of these equations are inversed by using generalized fractional derivatives. Explicit solutions of the equations in the class of locally summable functions are obtained. They are represented in terms of hypergeometric functions. Asymptotic power exponential type expansions of the generalized and localized fractional integrals are obtained. The base solutions of the generalized Abel type integral equation are given in the form of asymptotic series.     

Oscillatory solutions of fractional integro-differential equations

We give necessary conditions to get oscillatory solutions of a class of fractional order neutral differential equations with continuously distributed delay by means of the fractional derivative with respect to a given function. In particular, oscillatory solutions of the considered fractional equations with Caputo and Hadamard type of fractional derivatives are established. Some explicit examples are given to illustrate the main results.     

Numerical solutions of time fractional degenerate parabolic equations by variational iteration method with Jumarie‐modified Riemann–Liouville derivative

In this article, the fractional variational iteration method is employed for computing the approximate analytical solutions of degenerate parabolic equations with fractional time derivative. The time‐fractional derivatives are described by the use of a new approach, the so‐called Jumarie modified Riemann–Liouville derivative, instead in the sense of Caputo. The approximate solutions of our model problem are calculated in the form of convergent series with easily computable components. Moreover, the numerical solution is compared with the exact solution and the quantitative estimate of accuracy is obtained. The results of the study reveal that the proposed method with modified fractional Riemann–Liouville derivatives is efficient, accurate, and convenient for solving the fractional partial differential equations in multi‐dimensional spaces without using any linearization, perturbation or restrictive assumptions. Copyright © 2011 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

Analytical solution of time‐fractional Navier–Stokes equation in polar coordinate by homotopy perturbation method

In this letter, we implement a relatively new analytical technique, the homotopy perturbation method (HPM), for solving linear partial differential equations of fractional order arising in fluid mechanics. The fractional derivatives are described in Caputo derivatives. This method can be used as an alternative to obtain analytic and approximate solutions of different types of fractional differential equations applied in engineering mathematics. The corresponding solutions of the integer order equations are found to follow as special cases of those of fractional order equations. Some numerical examples are presented to illustrate the efficiency and reliability of HPM. He's HPM, which does not need small parameter is implemented for solving the differential equations. In this method, a homotopy is introduced to be constructed for the equation. The initial approximations can be freely chosen with possible unknown constants that can be determined by imposing the boundary and initial conditions. It is predicted that HPM can be found widely applicable in engineering. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq 2010     

Solving nonlinear fractional partial differential equations using the homotopy analysis method

In this article, the homotopy analysis method is applied to solve nonlinear fractional partial differential equations. On the basis of the homotopy analysis method, a scheme is developed to obtain the approximate solution of the fractional KdV, K(2,2), Burgers, BBM‐Burgers, cubic Boussinesq, coupled KdV, and Boussinesq‐like B(m,n) equations with initial conditions, which are introduced by replacing some integer‐order time derivatives by fractional derivatives. The homotopy analysis method for partial differential equations of integer‐order is directly extended to derive explicit and numerical solutions of the fractional partial differential equations. The solutions of the studied models are calculated in the form of convergent series with easily computable components. The results of applying this procedure to the studied cases show the high accuracy and efficiency of the new technique. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. Numer Methods Partial Differential Eq, 2010     

Fractional green function for linear time-fractional inhomogeneous partial differential equations in fluid mechanics

This paper deals with the solutions of linear inhomogeneous time-fractional partial differential equations in applied mathematics and fluid mechanics. The fractional derivatives are described in the Caputo sense. The fractional Green function method is used to obtain solutions for time-fractional wave equation, linearized time-fractional Burgers equation, and linear time-fractional KdV equation. The new approach introduces a promising tool for solving fractional partial differential equations.     

Exact solutions of nonlinear time fractional partial differential equations by sub‐equation method

In this article, the sub‐equation method is presented for finding the exact solutions of a nonlinear fractional partial differential equations. For this, the fractional complex transformation method has been used to convert fractional‐order partial differential equation to ordinary differential equation. The fractional derivatives are described in Jumarie's the modified Riemann–Liouville sense. We apply to this method for the nonlinear time fractional differential equations. With the aid of symbolic computation, a variety of exact solutions for them are obtained. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

From Sturm–Liouville problems to fractional and anomalous diffusions

Some fractional and anomalous diffusions are driven by equations involving fractional derivatives in both time and space. Such diffusions are processes with randomly varying times. In representing the solutions to those equations, the explicit laws of certain stable processes turn out to be fundamental. This paper directs one’s efforts towards the explicit representation of solutions to fractional and anomalous diffusions related to Sturm–Liouville problems of fractional order associated to fractional power function spaces. Furthermore, we study a new version of Bochner’s subordination rule and we establish some connections between subordination and space-fractional operators.     

Analytical approximate solutions of Riesz fractional diffusion equation and Riesz fractional advection–dispersion equation involving nonlocal space fractional derivatives

In this paper, we consider the analytical solutions of fractional partial differential equations (PDEs) with Riesz space fractional derivatives on a finite domain. Here we considered two types of fractional PDEs with Riesz space fractional derivatives such as Riesz fractional diffusion equation (RFDE) and Riesz fractional advection–dispersion equation (RFADE). The RFDE is obtained from the standard diffusion equation by replacing the second‐order space derivative with the Riesz fractional derivative of order α∈(1,2]. The RFADE is obtained from the standard advection–dispersion equation by replacing the first‐order and second‐order space derivatives with the Riesz fractional derivatives of order β∈(0,1] and of order α∈(1,2] respectively. Here the analytic solutions of both the RFDE and RFADE are derived by using modified homotopy analysis method with Fourier transform. Then, we analyze the results by numerical simulations, which demonstrate the simplicity and effectiveness of the present method. Here the space fractional derivatives are defined as Riesz fractional derivatives. Copyright © 2015 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.     

General methods for converting impulsive fractional differential equations to integral equations and applications

In this paper, we propose the concepts of Caputo fractional derivatives and Caputo type Hadamard fractional derivatives for piecewise continuous functions. We obtain general solutions of four classes of impulsive fractional differential equations (Theorem 3.1–Theorem 3.4) respectively. These results are applied to converting boundary value problems for impulsive fractional differential equations to integral equations. Some comments are made on recently published papers (see Section 4).     

Fractional Opial Type Inequalities and Fractional Differential Equations

A set of very general Opial type inequalities ([7]) is established involving fractional derivatives of different orders. These are based on Taylor’s formula for fractional derivatives. These results are applied in proving uniqueness to the solutions of very general fractional initial value problems of fractional ordinary differential equations.     

The homotopy perturbation method applied to the nonlinear fractional Kolmogorov–Petrovskii–Piskunov equations

The fractional derivatives in the sense of Caputo, and the homotopy perturbation method are used to construct approximate solutions for nonlinear Kolmogorov–Petrovskii–Piskunov (KPP) equations with respect to time and space fractional derivatives. Also, we apply complex transformation to convert a time and space fractional nonlinear KPP equation to an ordinary differential equation and use the homotopy perturbation method to calculate the approximate solution. This method is efficient and powerful in solving wide classes of nonlinear evolution fractional order equations.     

一类含高阶Riemann-Liouville型分数阶导数脉冲微分方程的通解

本文首先运用迭代法获得一类含多项Riemann-Liouville型分数阶导数的微分方程的连续通解,然后应用数学归纳法得到这类脉冲微分方程的分片连续通解. 所得结果归结于脉冲分数阶微分方程领域,对分数阶微分方程研究者有参考意义.     

Variational formulations of differential equations and asymmetric fractional embedding

Variational formulations for classical dissipative equations, namely friction and diffusion equations, are given by means of fractional derivatives. In this way, the solutions of those equations are exactly the extremal of some fractional Lagrangian actions. The formalism used is a generalization of the fractional embedding developed by Cresson [Fractional embedding of differential operators and Lagrangian systems, J. Math. Phys. 48 (2007) 033504], where the functional space has been split in two in order to take into account the asymmetry between left and right fractional derivatives. Moreover, this asymmetric fractional embedding is compatible with the least action principle and respects the physical causality principle.     

Analytical solution of space-time fractional telegraph-type equations involving Hilfer and Hadamard derivatives

In this paper we consider space-time fractional telegraph equations, where the time derivatives are intended in the sense of Hilfer and Hadamard while the space-fractional derivatives are meant in the sense of Riesz-Feller. We provide the Fourier transforms of the solutions of some Cauchy problems for these fractional equations. Probabilistic interpretations of some specific cases are also provided.     

On the fractional counterpart of the higher-order equations

In this work, we study the solutions of some fractional higher-order equations. Special cases in which time-fractional derivatives take integer values are also examined and the explicit solutions are presented. Such solutions can be expressed by means of the transition laws of stable subordinators and their inverse processes. In particular, we establish connections between fractional and higher-order equations.     

Mathematical modeling of time fractional reaction–diffusion systems

We study a fractional reaction–diffusion system with two types of variables: activator and inhibitor. The interactions between components are modeled by cubical nonlinearity. Linearization of the system around the homogeneous state provides information about the stability of the solutions which is quite different from linear stability analysis of the regular system with integer derivatives. It is shown that by combining the fractional derivatives index with the ratio of characteristic times, it is possible to find the marginal value of the index where the oscillatory instability arises. The increase of the value of fractional derivative index leads to the time periodic solutions. The domains of existing periodic solutions for different parameters of the problem are obtained. A computer simulation of the corresponding nonlinear fractional ordinary differential equations is presented. For the fractional reaction–diffusion systems it is established that there exists a set of stable spatio-temporal structures of the one-dimensional system under the Neumann and periodic boundary conditions. The characteristic features of these solutions consist of the transformation of the steady-state dissipative structures to homogeneous oscillations or space temporary structures at a certain value of fractional index and the ratio of characteristic times of system.