Some applications of fractional equations.

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Abstract: We present two observations related to theapplication of linear (LFE) and nonlinear fractional equations (NFE). First, we give the comparison and estimates of the role of the fractional derivative term to the normal diffusion term in a LFE. The transition of the solution from normal to anomalous transport is demonstrated and the dominant role of the power tails in the long time asymptotics is shown. Second, wave propagation or kinetics in a nonlinear media with fractal properties is considered. A corresponding fractional generalization of the Ginzburg-Landau and nonlinear Schrodinger equations is proposed.


The authors deal with the application of fractional equations in physics. They consider the kinetic equation with fractional derivatives \[ \frac {\partial P(x,t)} {\partial t'}=\frac {\partial^2P} {\partial x}^{\prime 2} +\varepsilon\frac {\partial^\alpha P} {\partial| x'|^\alpha}, \quad 1<\alpha<2,\tag{1} \] where \(\varepsilon\) is a constant, and \(\frac{\partial^\alpha P} {\partial| x'|^\alpha}\) is the Riesz derivatives. The authors study the competition between normal diffusion and diffusion induced by fractional derivatives for (1). It is shown that for large times the fractional derivative term dominates the solution and leads to power type tails. Moreover a corresponding fractional generalization of the Ginzburg-Landau and nonlinear Schrödinger equations is proposed.




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