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A survey on fractional variational calculus
Main results and techniques of the fractional calculus of variations are
surveyed. We consider variational problems containing Caputo derivatives and
study them using both indirect and direct methods. In particular, we provide
necessary optimality conditions of Euler-Lagrange type for the fundamental,
higher-order, and isoperimetric problems, and compute approximated solutions
based on truncated Gr\"{u}nwald--Letnikov approximations of Caputo derivatives.Comment: This is a preprint of a paper whose final and definite form is in
'Handbook of Fractional Calculus with Applications. Vol 1: Basic Theory', De
Gruyter. Submitted 29-March-2018; accepted, after a revision, 13-June-201
The Variable-Order Fractional Calculus of Variations
This book intends to deepen the study of the fractional calculus, giving
special emphasis to variable-order operators. It is organized in two parts, as
follows. In the first part, we review the basic concepts of fractional calculus
(Chapter 1) and of the fractional calculus of variations (Chapter 2). In
Chapter 1, we start with a brief overview about fractional calculus and an
introduction to the theory of some special functions in fractional calculus.
Then, we recall several fractional operators (integrals and derivatives)
definitions and some properties of the considered fractional derivatives and
integrals are introduced. In the end of this chapter, we review integration by
parts formulas for different operators. Chapter 2 presents a short introduction
to the classical calculus of variations and review different variational
problems, like the isoperimetric problems or problems with variable endpoints.
In the end of this chapter, we introduce the theory of the fractional calculus
of variations and some fractional variational problems with variable-order. In
the second part, we systematize some new recent results on variable-order
fractional calculus of (Tavares, Almeida and Torres, 2015, 2016, 2017, 2018).
In Chapter 3, considering three types of fractional Caputo derivatives of
variable-order, we present new approximation formulas for those fractional
derivatives and prove upper bound formulas for the errors. In Chapter 4, we
introduce the combined Caputo fractional derivative of variable-order and
corresponding higher-order operators. Some properties are also given. Then, we
prove fractional Euler-Lagrange equations for several types of fractional
problems of the calculus of variations, with or without constraints.Comment: The final authenticated version of this preprint is available online
as a SpringerBrief in Applied Sciences and Technology at
[https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-94006-9]. In this version some typos,
detected by the authors while reading the galley proofs, were corrected,
SpringerBriefs in Applied Sciences and Technology, Springer, Cham, 201
Fractional Euler-Lagrange differential equations via Caputo derivatives
We review some recent results of the fractional variational calculus.
Necessary optimality conditions of Euler-Lagrange type for functionals with a
Lagrangian containing left and right Caputo derivatives are given. Several
problems are considered: with fixed or free boundary conditions, and in
presence of integral constraints that also depend on Caputo derivatives.Comment: This is a preprint of a paper whose final and definite form will
appear as Chapter 9 of the book Fractional Dynamics and Control, D. Baleanu
et al. (eds.), Springer New York, 2012, DOI:10.1007/978-1-4614-0457-6_9, in
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The Generalized Fractional Calculus of Variations
We review the recent generalized fractional calculus of variations. We
consider variational problems containing generalized fractional integrals and
derivatives and study them using indirect methods. In particular, we provide
necessary optimality conditions of Euler-Lagrange type for the fundamental and
isoperimetric problems, natural boundary conditions, and Noether type theorems.Comment: This is a preprint of a paper whose final and definite form will
appear in Southeast Asian Bulletin of Mathematics (2014
A Generalized Fractional Calculus of Variations
We study incommensurate fractional variational problems in terms of a
generalized fractional integral with Lagrangians depending on classical
derivatives and generalized fractional integrals and derivatives. We obtain
necessary optimality conditions for the basic and isoperimetric problems,
transversality conditions for free boundary value problems, and a generalized
Noether type theorem.Comment: This is a preprint of a paper whose final and definitive form will
appear in Control and Cybernetics. Paper submitted 01-Oct-2012; revised
25-March-2013; accepted for publication 17-April-201
Fractional variational calculus for nondifferentiable functions
We prove necessary optimality conditions, in the class of continuous
functions, for variational problems defined with Jumarie's modified
Riemann-Liouville derivative. The fractional basic problem of the calculus of
variations with free boundary conditions is considered, as well as problems
with isoperimetric and holonomic constraints.Comment: Submitted 13-Aug-2010; revised 24-Nov-2010; accepted 28-March-2011;
for publication in Computers and Mathematics with Application
The generalized natural boundary conditions for fractional variational problems in terms of the Caputo derivative
This paper presents necessary and sufficient optimality conditions for
problems of the fractional calculus of variations with a Lagrangian depending
on the free end-points. The fractional derivatives are defined in the sense of
Caputo.Comment: Accepted (19 February 2010) for publication in Computers and
Mathematics with Application
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