Title
Linear fractional differential equations with variable coefficients
Abstract
This work is devoted to the study of solutions around an α-singular point x0∈[a,b] for linear fractional differential equations of the form [Lnα(y)](x)=g(x,α), where [Lnα(y)](x)=y(nα)(x)+∑k=0n−1ak(x)y(kα)(x) with α∈(0,1]. Here n∈N, the real functions g(x) and ak(x)(k=0,1,…,n−1) are defined on the interval [a,b], and y(nα)(x) represents sequential fractional derivatives of order kα of the function y(x). This study is, in some sense, a generalization of the classical Frobenius method and it has applications, for example, in obtaining generalized special functions. These new special functions permit us to obtain the explicit solution of some fractional modeling of the dynamics of many anomalous phenomena, which until now could only be solved by the application of numerical methods.11This research was funded, in part, by MEC (MTM2004-00327 and MTM2007-60246) and by ULL.
Year
DOI
Venue
2008
10.1016/j.aml.2007.09.010
Applied Mathematics Letters
Keywords
Field
DocType
α-analytic functions,Linear fractional differential equations with variable coefficients,Caputo derivative,Riemann–Liouville derivative,Frobenius method
Linear equation,Singular point of a curve,Differential equation,Mathematical analysis,Analytic function,Special functions,Fractional calculus,Real-valued function,Mathematics,Frobenius method
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
21
9
0893-9659
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
6
1.31
0
Authors
3
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
M. Rivero18715.90
L. Rodríguez-Germá2317.58
J.J. Trujillo35610.71