Combined fractional variational problems of variable order and some computational aspects

Optimal Control Problems Involving Combined Fractional Operators with General Analytic Kernels

Fractional optimal control problems via a wide class of fractional operators with a general analytic kernel are introduced. Necessary optimality conditions of Pontryagin type for the considered problem are obtained after proving a Gronwall type inequality as well as results on continuity and differentiability of perturbed trajectories. Moreover, a Mangasarian type sufficient global optimality condition for the general analytic kernel fractional optimal control problem is proved. An illustrative example is discussed.

Conserved Quantity and Adiabatic Invariant for Hamiltonian System with Variable Order

Hamiltonian mechanics plays an important role in the development of nonlinear science. This paper aims for a fractional Hamiltonian system of variable order. Several issues are discussed, including differential equation of motion, Noether symmetry, and perturbation to Noether symmetry. As a result, fractional Hamiltonian mechanics of variable order are established, and conserved quantity and adiabatic invariant are presented. Two applications, fractional isotropic harmonic oscillator model of variable order and fractional Lotka biochemical oscillator model of variable order are given to illustrate the Methods and Results.