Existence of positive solutions for nonlocal boundary value problem of fractional differential equation

In this paper, we study a type of nonlinear fractional differential equations multi-point boundary value problem with fractional derivative in the boundary conditions. By using the upper and lower solutions method and fixed point theorems, some results for the existence of positive solutions for the boundary value problem are established. Some examples are also given to illustrate our results.     

Series expansion solutions for the multi-term time and space fractional partial differential equations in two- and three-dimensions

Fractional partial differential equations with more than one fractional derivative in time describe some important physical phenomena, such as the telegraph equation, the power law wave equation, or the Szabo wave equation. In this paper, we consider two- and three-dimensional multi-term time and space fractional partial differential equations. The multi-term time-fractional derivative is defined in the Caputo sense, whose order belongs to the interval (1,2],(2,3],(3,4] or (0,m], and the space-fractional derivative is referred to as the fractional Laplacian form. We derive series expansion solutions based on a spectral representation of the Laplacian operator on a bounded region. Some applications are given for the two- and three-dimensional telegraph equation, power law wave equation and Szabo wave equation.     

Fractional Fokker-Planck equation for anomalous diffusion in a potential: Exact matrix continued fraction solutions

Methods for the exact solution of fractional Fokker-Planck equations for anomalous diffusion in an external potential are discussed using both ordinary and matrix continued fractions, whereby the scalar multi-term recurrence relations generated by such fractional diffusion equations are reduced to three-term matrix ones. The procedure is illustrated by solving various problems concerning the anomalous translational diffusion in both periodic and double-well potentials.     

Existence results of fractional differential equations with Riesz–Caputo derivative

This paper is concerned with a class of boundary value problems for fractional differential equations with the Riesz–Caputo derivative, which holds two-sided nonlocal effects. By means of a new fractional Gronwall inequalities and some fixed point theorems, we obtained some existence results of solutions. Three examples are given to illustrate the results.     

Existence of solutions for sequential fractional differential equations with four-point nonlocal fractional integral boundary conditions

This paper investigates the existence of solutions for a nonlinear boundary value problem of sequential fractional differential equations with four-point nonlocal Riemann-Liouville type fractional integral boundary conditions. We apply Banach’s contraction principle and Krasnoselskii’s fixed point theorem to establish the existence of results. Some illustrative examples are also presented.     

On fractional Langevin differential equations with anti-periodic boundary conditions

In this paper, we provide existence criteria for the solutions of p-Laplacian fractional Langevin differential equations with anti-periodic boundary conditions. The Caputo fractional as well as Caputo q-fractional operators are used to address the derivatives. The main results are verified by the help of Leray–Schaefer’s fixed point theorem. We construct an example to illustrate the feasibility of the main theorems. Our results are new and provide extensions to some known theorems in the literature.     

Effect of slip boundary condition on flow and heat transfer of a double fractional Maxwell fluid

The purpose of the present paper is to investigate the flow and heat transfer of a double fractional Maxwell fluid with a second order slip model. The fractional governing equations are solved numerically by using the finite difference method. By comparing the analytical solutions of special boundary conditions, the validity of the present numerical method is examined. The effects of the two slip parameters and the fractional parameters on the velocity and temperature distribution are presented graphically and discussed. The results reveal that the fractional Maxwell fluid exhibits a stronger viscosity or elasticity for different fractional parameters, and the oscillation phenomenon will gradually decrease as expected with an increase in slip parameters.     

New Solutions of Three Nonlinear Space- and Time-Fractional Partial Differential Equations in Mathematical Physics

Motivated by the widely used ansätz method and starting from the modified Riemann-Liouville derivative together with a fractional complex transformation that can be utilized to transform nonlinear fractional partial differential equations to nonlinear ordinary differential equations, new types of exact traveling wave solutions to three important nonlinear space- and time-fractional partial differential equations are obtained simultaneously in terms of solutions of a Riccati equation. The results are new and first reported in this paper.     

Axisymmetric convection flow of fractional Maxwell fluid past a vertical cylinder with velocity slip and temperature jump

A novel finite volume method is developed to investigate the axisymmetric convection flow and heat transfer of fractional viscoelastic fluid past a vertical cylinder. Fractional cylindrical governing equations are formulated by fractional Maxwell model and generalized Fourier's law. The velocity slip and temperature jump boundary conditions are considered across the fluid-solid interface. Numerical results are validated by exact solutions of special case with source terms. The effects of fractional derivative parameter and boundary condition parameters on flow and heat transfer characteristics are discussed. The viscoelastic fluid performs evident shear thickening property in the fractional Maxwell constitutive relation. Moreover, the boundary condition parameters have remarkable influence on velocity and temperature distributions.     

Numerical investigation of three types of space and time fractional Bloch-Torrey equations in 2D

Recently, the fractional Bloch-Torrey model has been used to study anomalous diffusion in the human brain. In this paper, we consider three types of space and time fractional Bloch-Torrey equations in two dimensions: Model-1 with the Riesz fractional derivative; Model-2 with the one-dimensional fractional Laplacian operator; and Model-3 with the two-dimensional fractional Laplacian operator. Firstly, we propose a spatially second-order accurate implicit numerical method for Model-1 whereby we discretize the Riesz fractional derivative using a fractional centered difference. We consider a finite domain where the time and space derivatives are replaced by the Caputo and the sequential Riesz fractional derivatives, respectively. Secondly, we utilize the matrix transfer technique for solving Model-2 and Model-3. Finally, some numerical results are given to show the behaviours of these three models especially on varying domain sizes with zero Dirichlet boundary conditions.     

New Exact Solutions of Fractional Zakharov–Kuznetsov and Modified Zakharov–Kuznetsov Equations Using Fractional Sub-Equation Method

In the present paper, we construct the analytical exact solutions of some nonlinear evolution equations in mathematical physics; namely the space-time fractional Zakharov–Kuznetsov(ZK) and modified Zakharov–Kuznetsov(m ZK) equations by using fractional sub-equation method. As a result, new types of exact analytical solutions are obtained. The obtained results are shown graphically. Here the fractional derivative is described in the Jumarie's modified Riemann–Liouville sense.     

Numerical approaches to fractional calculus and fractional ordinary differential equation

Nowadays, fractional calculus are used to model various different phenomena in nature, but due to the non-local property of the fractional derivative, it still remains a lot of improvements in the present numerical approaches. In this paper, some new numerical approaches based on piecewise interpolation for fractional calculus, and some new improved approaches based on the Simpson method for the fractional differential equations are proposed. We use higher order piecewise interpolation polynomial to approximate the fractional integral and fractional derivatives, and use the Simpson method to design a higher order algorithm for the fractional differential equations. Error analyses and stability analyses are also given, and the numerical results show that these constructed numerical approaches are efficient.     

多点边值问题的插值矩阵法及误差分析

插值矩阵法是求解多点边值问题的数值法。本文给出的该法的误差分析,论证了插值矩阵法解得的y(x),y'(x),…,y^(m)(x)有相同的精度,并对二阶方程,给出该法的稳定性证明和收敛阶。     

A survey on the stability of fractional differential equations

Recently, fractional calculus has attracted much attention since it plays an important role in many fields of science and engineering. Especially, the study on stability of fractional differential equations appears to be very important. In this paper, a brief overview on the recent stability results of fractional differential equations and the analytical methods used are provided. These equations include linear fractional differential equations, nonlinear fractional differential equations, fractional differential equations with time-delay. Some conclusions for stability are similar to that of classical integer-order differential equations. However, not all of the stability conditions are parallel to the corresponding classical integer-order differential equations because of non-locality and weak singularities of fractional calculus. Some results and remarks are also included.     

Consistent Riccati Expansion Method and Its Applications to Nonlinear Fractional Partial Differential Equations

In this paper, a consistent Riccati expansion method is developed to solve nonlinear fractional partial differential equations involving Jumarie's modified Riemann–Liouville derivative. The efficiency and power of this approach are demonstrated by applying it successfully to some important fractional differential equations, namely, the time fractional Burgers, fractional Sawada–Kotera, and fractional coupled mKdV equation. A variety of new exact solutions to these equations under study are constructed.     

Invariant analysis with conservation law of time fractional coupled Ablowitz–Kaup–Newell–Segur equations in water waves

ABSTRACT

In this paper, the symmetry analysis and conservation laws of time fractional coupled Ablowitz–Kaup–Newell–Segur (AKNS) equations have been presented. Initially, the Lie symmetry method has been used for similarity reduction of time fractional coupled AKNS equations. Here, the Erdélyi–Kober differential operators have been used for symmetry reduction. Also, the new conservation vectors for time fractional coupled AKNS equations have been derived by using the new conservation theorem with formal Lagrangian.     

Numerical Solutions of a New Type of Fractional Coupled Nonlinear Equations

In this paper, we investigate a new type of fractional coupled nonlinear equations. By introducing the fractional derivative that satisfies the Caputo＇s definition, we directly extend the applications of the Adomian decomposition method to the new system. As a result, with the aid of Maple, the realistic and convergent rapidly series solutions are obtained with easily computable components. Two famous fractional coupled examples： KdV and mKdV equations, are used to illustrate the efficiency and accuracy of the proposed method.     

Lagrange equations of nonholonomic systems with fractional derivatives

This paper obtains Lagrange equations of nonholonomic systems with fractional derivatives. First, the exchanging relationships between the isochronous variation and the fractional derivatives are derived. Secondly, based on these exchanging relationships, the Hamilton's principle is presented for non-conservative systems with fractional derivatives. Thirdly, Lagrange equations of the systems are obtained. Furthermore, the d'Alembert–Lagrange principle with fractional derivatives is presented,and the Lagrange equations of nonholonomic systems with fractional derivatives are studied. An example is designed to illustrate these results.     

Fractional differential equations of motion in terms of combined Riemann—Liouville derivatives

In this paper,we focus on studying the fractional variational principle and the differential equations of motion for a fractional mechanical system.A combined Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative operator is defined,and a fractional Hamilton principle under this definition is established.The fractional Lagrange equations and the fractional Hamilton canonical equations are derived from the fractional Hamilton principle.A number of special cases are given,showing the universality of our conclusions.At the end of the paper,an example is given to illustrate the application of the results.     

Variational iteration method for solving time-fractional diffusion equations in porous the medium

<正>The variational iteration method is successfully extended to the case of solving fractional differential equations, and the Lagrange multiplier of the method is identified in a more accurate way.Some diffusion models with fractional derivatives are investigated analytically,and the results show the efficiency of the new Lagrange multiplier for fractional differential equations of arbitrary order.