The fractional Laplacian and the fractional derivative are two different mathematical concepts (Samko et al, 1987). Both are defined through a singular convolution integral, but the former is guaranteed to be the positive definition via the Riesz potential as the standard Laplace operator, while the latter via the Riemann-Liouville integral is not. It is noted that the fractional Laplacian can ...

In this work we consider the abstract Cauchy problem with Caputo fractional time derivative of order $$\alpha \in (0,1]$$ , and discuss continuity respective solutions regarding parameter $$ . We also present a study about Mittag-Leffler families operators (for ), when they are induced by sectorial operators.

Nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) is a physical phenomenon widely used to study complex materials. NMR is governed by the Bloch equation, a first order non-linear differential equation. Fractional order generalization of the Bloch equation provides an opportunity to extend its use to describe a wider range of experimental situations. Here we present a fractional generalization of the Bloch equat...

In this paper a space-time fractional wave equation on a finite domain is considered. The time and space fractional derivative are described in the Caputo sense. We propose a finite difference scheme to solve the space-time fractional wave equation. We discuss about stability and convergence of the method and prove that the finite difference scheme is unconditionally stable and convergent with ...

Two approaches resulting in two different generalizations of the space-time-fractional advection-diffusion equation are discussed. The Caputo time-fractional derivative and Riesz fractional Laplacian are used. The fundamental solutions to the corresponding Cauchy and source problems in the case of one spatial variable are studied using the Laplace transform with respect to time and the Fourier ...

In this paper, an efficient numerical method is considered for solving the fractional wave equation (FWE). The fractional derivative is described in the Caputo sense. The method is based on Laguerre approximations. The properties of Laguerre polynomials are utilized to reduce FWE to a system of ordinary differential equations, which is solved by the finite difference method. An approximate form...

Using some investigations based on information theory, the model proposed by Keller and Segel was extended to the concept of fractional derivative using the derivative with fractional order without singular kernel recently proposed by Caputo and Fabrizio. We present in detail the existence of the coupled-solutions using the fixed-point theorem. A detailed analysis of the uniqueness of the coupl...

In this paper, we consider a nonhomogeneous space-time fractional telegraph equation defined in a bounded space domain, which is obtained from the standard telegraph equation by replacing the firstor second-order time derivative by the Caputo fractional derivative Dt , α > 0; and the Laplacian operator by the fractional Laplacian (−∆) , β ∈ (0, 2]. We discuss and derive the analytical solutions...

In this manuscript a new method is introduced for solving fractional differential equations. The fractional derivative is described in the Caputo sense. The main idea is to use fractional-order Legendre wavelets and operational matrix of fractional-order integration. First the fractional-order Legendre wavelets (FLWs) are presented. Then a family of piecewise functions is proposed, based on whi...

The fractional derivative of order α, with 1 < α ≤ 2 appears in several diffusion problems used in physical and engineering applications. Therefore to obtain highly accurate approximations for this derivative is of great importance. Here, we describe and compare different numerical approximations for the fractional derivative of order 1 < α ≤ 2. These approximations arise mainly from the Grünwa...