In this paper, based on the fractional Riccati equation, we propose an extended fractional Riccati sub-equation method for solving fractional partial differential equations. The fractional derivative is defined in the sense of the modified Riemann-Liouville derivative. By a proposed variable transformation, certain fractional partial differential equations are turned into fractional ordinary di...

In this article, we study the oscillation of solutions to a nonlinear forced fractional differential equation. The fractional derivative is defined in the sense of the modified Riemann-Liouville derivative. Based on a transformation of variables and properties of the modified Riemann-liouville derivative, the fractional differential equation is transformed into a second-order ordinary different...

This paper deals with the investigation of the solution of an unified fractional reaction-diffusion equation associated with the Caputo derivative as the time-derivative and Riesz-Feller fractional derivative as the space-derivative. The solution is derived by the application of the Laplace and Fourier transforms in closed form in terms of the H-function. The results derived are of general natu...

A fractional wave equation replaces the second time derivative by a Caputo derivative of order between one and two. In this paper, we show that the fractional wave equation governs a stochastic model for wave propagation, with deterministic time replaced by the inverse of a stable subordinator whose index is one half the order of the fractional time derivative.

In this paper, we further discuss the properties of three kinds of fractional derivatives: the Grünwald–Letnikov derivative, the Riemann–Liouville derivative and the Caputo derivative. Especially, we compare the Riemann–Liouville derivative with the Caputo derivative. And sequential property of the Caputo derivative is also derived, which is helpful in translating the higher fractional-order di...

Two approaches for defining fractional derivatives of periodic distributions are presented. The first is a distributional version of the Weyl fractional derivative in which a derivative of arbitrary order of a periodic distribution is defined via Fourier series. The second is based on the Grünwald-Letnikov formula for defining a fractional derivative as a limit of a fractional difference quotie...

In this paper, a new fractional sub-equation method is proposed for finding exact solutions of fractional partial differential equations (FPDEs) in the sense of modified Riemann-Liouville derivative. With the aid of symbolic computation, we choose the space-time fractional Zakharov-Kuznetsov-Benjamin-Bona-Mahony (ZKBBM) equation in mathematical physics with a source to illustrate the validity a...

In this paper, biochemical reaction problem is given in the form of a system of non-linear differential equations involving Caputo fractional derivative. The aim is to suggest an instrumental scheme to approximate the solution of this problem. To achieve this goal, the fractional derivation terms are expanded as the elements of shifted Legendre scaling functions. Then, applying operational matr...

In this paper, we propose a numerical method to estimate the unknown order of a Riemann–Liouville fractional derivative for a fractional Stokes’ first problem for a heated generalized second grade fluid. The implicit numerical method is employed to solve the direct problem. For the inverse problem, we first obtain the fractional sensitivity equation by means of the digamma function, and then we...

In this paper, the computation of a fractional derivative using the Fourier transform and a digital FIR di!erentiator is investigated. First, the Cauchy integral formula is generalized to de"ne the fractional derivative of functions. Then the fractional di!erentiation property of the Fourier transform of functions is presented. Using this property, the fractional derivative of a function can be...