We obtain approximation formulas for fractional integrals and derivatives of Riemann-Liouville and Marchaud types with a variable fractional order. The approximations involve integer-order derivatives only. An estimation for the error is given. The efficiency of the approximation method is illustrated with examples. As applications, we show how the obtained results are useful to solve different...

In this paper, we apply spectral method based on the Bernstein polynomials for solving a class of optimal control problems with Jumarie’s modified Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative. In the first step, we introduce the dual basis and operational matrix of product based on the Bernstein basis. Then, we get the Bernstein operational matrix for the Jumarie’s modified Riemann-Liouville fractio...

It is well known that the complex step method is a tool that calculates derivatives by imposing a complex step in a strict sense. We extended the method by employing the fractional calculus differential operator in this paper. The fractional calculus can be taken in the sense of the Caputo operator, Riemann-Liouville operator, and so forth. Furthermore, we derived several approximations for com...

In this study, fractional differential transform method (FDTM), which is a semi analytical-numerical technique, is used for computing the eigenelements of the Sturm-Liouville problems of fractional order. The fractional derivatives are described in the Caputo sense. Three problems are solved by the present method. The calculated results are compared closely with the results obtained by some exi...

We study dynamic minimization problems of the calculus of variations with Lagrangian functionals containing Riemann–Liouville fractional integrals, classical and Caputo fractional derivatives. Under assumptions of regularity, coercivity and convexity, we prove existence of solutions. AMS Subject Classifications: 26A33, 49J05.

In this paper, the fractional Sturm-Liouville problems, in which the second order derivative is replaced by a fractional derivative, are derived by the Homotopy perturbation method. The fractional derivatives are described in the Caputo sense. The present results can be implemented on the numerical solutions of the fractional diffusion-wave equations. Numerical results show that HPM is effectiv...

The author (Appl. Math. Comput. 218(3):860-865, 2011) introduced a new fractional integral operator given by, ( I a+f ) (x) = ρ1−α Γ(α) ∫ x a τρ−1f(τ) (xρ − τρ)1−α dτ, which generalizes the well-known Riemann-Liouville and the Hadamard fractional integrals. In this paper we present a new fractional derivative which generalizes the familiar Riemann-Liouville and the Hadamard fractional derivativ...

In this work, we focus on the fractional versions of the well-known Kolmogorov forward equations. We consider the problem in two cases. In case 1, we apply the left Caputo fractional derivatives for α ∈ (0 , 1] and in case 2, we use the right Riemann-Liouville fractional derivatives on R+, for α ∈ (1 , +∞). The exact solutions are obtained for the both cases by Laplace transforms and stable sub...

Based on high order approximation of L-stable RungeKutta methods for the Riemann-Liouville fractional derivatives, several classes of high order fractional Runge-Kutta methods for solving nonlinear fractional differential equation are constructed. Consistency, convergence and stability analysis of the numerical methods are given. Numerical experiments show that the proposed methods are efficien...

The fractional derivatives in the sense of modified Riemann-Liouville derivative and the improved fractional sub-equation method are employed for constructing the exact solutions of nonlinear fractional partial differential equations. By means of this method, the space-time fractional generalized Hirota-Satsuma coupled Kortewegde Vries equations are successfully solved. As a result, three types...