Fractional Powers of Derivatives in Classical Mechanics

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)∂q + F (q, p)∂p, which are used in equations of motion, are derivative operators. We consider fractional derivatives on a set of classical observables as fractional powers of derivative operators. As a result, we obtain a fractional generalization of the equation of motion. This fractional equation is exactly solved for the simple classical systems. The suggested fractional equations generalize a notion of classical systems to describe dissipative processes.