A general finite element formulation for fractional variational problems

Journal of Mathematical Analysis and Applications

Volumn 337, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 1-12

  Agrawal, Om P ^a  

^a SOUTHERN ILLINOIS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Fractional calculus; Fractional calculus of variations; Fractional finite element method; Fractional variational problems; Riemann Liouville fractional derivative

Indexed keywords

EID: 34548226960     PISSN: 0022247X     EISSN: 10960813     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmaa.2007.03.105     Document Type: Article

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