Generalized differential transform method: Application to differential equations of fractional order (Q2479215)

The authors first give some generalizations of the classical version of Taylor's theorem. These generalizations involve fractional differential operators in the sense of Caputo. Based on these results they then extend the well known Taylor expansion method for the solution of first-order differential equations to the case of differential equations of fractional order. As a result, one obtains a series expansion of the solution that converges under suitable conditions. A truncation of the expansion yields an approximate solution.