Modified Riemann Liouville Derivative Research Articles

Consistent Riccati Expansion Method and Its Applications to Nonlinear Fractional Partial Differential Equations**Supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China under Grant Nos. 11101332, 11201371, 11371293 and the Natural Science Foundation of Shaanxi Province under Grant No. 2015JM1037

In this paper, a consistent Riccati expansion method is developed to solve nonlinear fractional partial differential equations involving Jumarie's modified Riemann–Liouville derivative. The efficiency and power of this approach are demonstrated by applying it successfully to some important fractional differential equations, namely, the time fractional Burgers, fractional Sawada–Kotera, and fractional coupled mKdV equation. A variety of new exact solutions to these equations under study are constructed.

On the concept of exact solution for nonlinear differential equations of fractional‐order

In this article, the new exact travelling wave solutions of the nonlinear space‐time fractional Burger's, the nonlinear space‐time fractional Telegraph and the nonlinear space‐time fractional Fisher equations have been found. Based on a nonlinear fractional complex transformation, certain fractional partial differential equations can be turned into ordinary differential equations of integer order in the sense of the Jumarie's modified Riemann–Liouville derivative. The ‐expansion method is effective for constructing solutions to the nonlinear fractional equations, and it appears to be easier and more convenient by means of a symbolic computation system. Copyright © 2016 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Comparing the solution of the time fractional Gross–Pitaevskii (FGP) equation with external potential by analytical and algebraic methods

In this paper, we study the uniqueness of solution of the time fractional Gross–Pitaevskii (FGP) equation which is equivalent to the integral equation. We use the functional analysis method in this study. Also, the fractional derivatives in the sense of modified Riemann–Liouville derivative and the Riccati sub-ODE method and the Bernoulli sub-ODE method will employed for constructing the exact complex solutions of the FGP equation and by comparing the obtained solutions, we infer that they are equivalent under special conditions.

Analytical studies for linear periodic systems of fractional order

In this paper, new periodic fractional trigonometric functions with the period 2πα are presented. We have generalized the Floquet system to the fractional Floquet system. The fractional derivatives are described with the use of modified Riemann–Liouville derivative. Moreover, the stability analysis of fractional Floquet system is introduced.

Exact solutions of some fractional differential equations arising in mathematical biology

In the last decades Exp-function method has been used for solving fractional differential equations. In this paper, we obtain exact solutions of fractional generalized reaction Duffing model and nonlinear fractional diffusion–reaction equation. The fractional derivatives are described in the modified Riemann–Liouville sense. The fractional complex transform has been suggested to convert fractional-order differential equations with modified Riemann–Liouville derivatives into integer-order differential equations, and the reduced equations can be solved by symbolic computation.

Exact solutions of some systems of fractional differential‐difference equations

In this paper, the ‐expansion method is proposed to establish hyperbolic and trigonometric function solutions for fractional differential‐difference equations with the modified Riemann–Liouville derivative. The fractional complex transform is proposed to convert a fractional partial differential‐difference equation into its differential‐difference equation of integer order. We obtain the hyperbolic and periodic function solutions of the nonlinear time‐fractional Toda lattice equations and relativistic Toda lattice system. The proposed method is more effective and powerful for obtaining exact solutions for nonlinear fractional differential–difference equations and systems. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Bäcklund transformation of fractional Riccati equation and its applications to the space–time FDEs

In this paper, the Bäcklund transformation of fractional Riccati equation is presented to establish traveling wave solutions for two nonlinear space–time fractional differential equations in the sense of modified Riemann–Liouville derivatives, namely, the space–time fractional generalized reaction duffing equation and the space–time fractional diffusion reaction equation with cubic nonlinearity. The proposed method is effective and convenient for solving nonlinear evolution equations with fractional order. Copyright © 2014 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

New Solutions of Three Nonlinear Space- and Time-Fractional Partial Differential Equations in Mathematical Physics

Motivated by the widely used ansätz method and starting from the modified Riemann—Liouville derivative together with a fractional complex transformation that can be utilized to transform nonlinear fractional partial differential equations to nonlinear ordinary differential equations, new types of exact traveling wave solutions to three important nonlinear space- and time-fractional partial differential equations are obtained simultaneously in terms of solutions of a Riccati equation. The results are new and first reported in this paper.

Analytical Approach for the Space-time Nonlinear Partial Differential Fractional Equation

Abstract In this paper, the fractional derivatives in the sense of modified Riemann–Liouville derivative and the functional variable method, exp-function method and -expansion method are used to construct exact solutions for some nonlinear partial fractional differential equations via the nonlinear space-time fractional (2 + 1)-dimensional breaking soliton equations. These methods are also applied to derive a variety of travelling wave solutions with distinct physical structures for this nonlinear fractional equation. As a result, some new exact solutions for them are obtained. The three methods demonstrate power, reliability and efficiency.

Analytical approximate solution of time-fractional Fornberg–Whitham equation by the fractional variational iteration method

The purpose of this paper was to obtain the analytical approximate solution of time-fractional Fornberg–Whitham, equation involving Jumarie’s modified Riemann–Liouville derivative by the fractional variational iteration method (FVIM). FVIM provides the solution in the form of a convergent series with easily calculable terms. The obtained approximate solutions are compared with the exact or existing numerical results in the literature to verify the applicability, efficiency and accuracy of the method.

A New Fractional Projective Riccati Equation Method for Solving Fractional Partial Differential Equations

In this paper, a new fractional projective Riccati equation method is proposed to establish exact solutions for fractional partial differential equations in the sense of modified Riemann—Liouville derivative. This method can be seen as the fractional version of the known projective Riccati equation method. For illustrating the validity of this method, we apply this method to solve the space-time fractional Whitham—Broer—Kaup (WBK) equations and the nonlinear fractional Sharma—Tasso—Olever (STO) equation, and as a result, some new exact solutions for them are obtained.

The fractional complex transformation for nonlinear fractional partial differential equations in the mathematical physics

In this article, the modified extended tanh-function method is employed to solve fractional partial differential equations in the sense of the modified Riemann–Liouville derivative. Based on a nonlinear fractional complex transformation, certain fractional partial differential equations can be turned into nonlinear ordinary differential equations of integer orders. For illustrating the validity of this method, we apply it to four nonlinear equations namely, the space–time fractional generalized nonlinear Hirota–Satsuma coupled KdV equations, the space–time fractional nonlinear Whitham–Broer–Kaup equations, the space–time fractional nonlinear coupled Burgers equations and the space–time fractional nonlinear coupled mKdV equations.

The [formula omitted]-expansion method using modified Riemann–Liouville derivative for some space-time fractional differential equations

In this paper, the fractional partial differential equations are defined by modified Riemann–Liouville fractional derivative. With the help of fractional derivative and traveling wave transformation, these equations can be converted into the nonlinear nonfractional ordinary differential equations. Then G′G-expansion method is applied to obtain exact solutions of the space-time fractional Burgers equation, the space-time fractional KdV-Burgers equation and the space-time fractional coupled Burgers’ equations. As a result, many exact solutions are obtained including hyperbolic function solutions, trigonometric function solutions and rational solutions. These results reveal that the proposed method is very effective and simple in performing a solution to the fractional partial differential equation.

Solitons and periodic solutions to a couple of fractional nonlinear evolution equations

This paper studies a couple of fractional nonlinear evolution equations using first integral method. These evolution equations are foam drainage equation and Klein–Gordon equation (KGE), the latter of which is considered in (2 + 1) dimensions. For the fractional evolution, the Jumarie’s modified Riemann–Liouville derivative is considered. Exact solutions to these equations are obtained.

Application of a Homogeneous Balance Method to Exact Solutions of Nonlinear Fractional Evolution Equations

The fractional Fan subequation method of the fractional Riccati equation is applied to construct the exact solutions of some nonlinear fractional evolution equations. In this paper, a powerful algorithm is developed for the exact solutions of the modified equal width equation, the Fisher equation, the nonlinear Telegraph equation, and the Cahn–Allen equation of fractional order. Fractional derivatives are described in the sense of the modified Riemann–Liouville derivative. Some relevant examples are investigated.

An analytic approach to a class of fractional differential‐difference equations of rational type via symbolic computation

Fractional derivatives are powerful tools in solving the problems of science and engineering. In this paper, an analytical algorithm for solving fractional differential‐difference equations in the sense of Jumarie's modified Riemann–Liouville derivative has been described and demonstrated. The algorithm has been tested against time‐fractional differential‐difference equations of rational type via symbolic computation. Three examples are given to elucidate the solution procedure. Our analyses lead to closed form exact solutions in terms of hyperbolic, trigonometric, and rational functions, which might be subject to some adequate physical interpretations in the future. Copyright © 2013 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Exact solutions of nonlinear fractional differential equations by (G′/G)-expansion method

In this paper, we use the fractional complex transform and the (G′/G)-expansion method to study the nonlinear fractional differential equations and find the exact solutions. The fractional complex transform is proposed to convert a partial fractional differential equation with Jumarie's modified Riemann—Liouville derivative into its ordinary differential equation. It is shown that the considered transform and method are very efficient and powerful in solving wide classes of nonlinear fractional order equations.

The functional variable method for finding exact solutions of some nonlinear time-fractional differential equations

In this paper, we implemented the functional variable method and the modified Riemann–Liouville derivative for the exact solitary wave solutions and periodic wave solutions of the time-fractional Klein–Gordon equation, and the time-fractional Hirota–Satsuma coupled KdV system. This method is extremely simple but effective for handling nonlinear time-fractional differential equations.

Exact Solutions for Fractional Differential-Difference Equations by an Extended Riccati Sub-ODE Method

In this paper, an extended Riccati sub-ODE method is proposed to establish new exact solutions for fractional differential-difference equations in the sense of modified Riemann—Liouville derivative. By a fractional complex transformation, a given fractional differential-difference equation can be turned into another differential-difference equation of integer order. The validity of the method is illustrated by applying it to solve the fractional Hybrid lattice equation and the fractional relativistic Toda lattice system. As a result, some new exact solutions including hyperbolic function solutions, trigonometric function solutions and rational solutions are established.

The fractional supertrace identity and its application to the super Jaulent–Miodek hierarchy

In this paper, a fractional supertrace identity on superalgebras and Hamiltonian structure of the fractional soliton equation hierarchy are presented by using the modified Riemann–Liouville derivative and exterior derivatives of fractional orders. As applications, we get the fractional super Jaulent–Miodek (JM) hierarchy and its super Hamiltonian structure by using fractional supertrace identity. This method can be used to get more fractional super hierarchies.