Variable-order fractional calculus: a change of perspective

DOI10.1016/J.CNSNS.2021.105904zbMATH Open1471.26002arXiv2102.09932OpenAlexW3131923268MaRDI QIDQ2045936FDOQ2045936

Authors: Roberto Garrappa, Andrea Giusti, Francesco Mainardi 

Publication date: 16 August 2021

Published in: Communications in Nonlinear Science and Numerical Simulation (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: Several approaches to the formulation of a fractional theory of calculus of "variable order" have appeared in the literature over the years. Unfortunately, most of these proposals lack a rigorous mathematical framework. We consider an alternative view on the problem, originally proposed by G. Scarpi in the early seventies, based on a naive modification of the representation in the Laplace domain of standard kernels functions involved in (constant-order) fractional calculus. We frame Scarpi's ideas within recent theory of General Fractional Derivatives and Integrals, that mostly rely on the Sonine condition, and investigate the main properties of the emerging variable-order operators. Then, taking advantage of powerful and easy-to-use numerical methods for the inversion of Laplace transforms of functions defined in the Laplace domain, we discuss some practical applications of the variable-order Scarpi integral and derivative.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/2102.09932

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zbMATH Keywords

Laplace transformfractional derivativesfractional integralsvariable ordergeneral fractional calculusScarpi derivativeSonine condition

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Fractional derivatives and integrals (26A33) Laplace transform (44A10) Integral representations, integral operators, integral equations methods in two dimensions (31A10)

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