In
mathematics
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, Katugampola fractional operators are
integral operators
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that generalize the ''Riemann–Liouville'' and the ''Hadamard'' fractional operators into a unique form.
[Katugampola, Udita N. (2011).]
On Generalized Fractional Integrals and Derivatives
Ph.D. Dissertation, Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, August, 2011. The Katugampola fractional integral generalizes both the
Riemann–Liouville fractional integral and the
Hadamard fractional integral into a single form and It is also closely related to the
Erdelyi–Kober[''Fractional Integrals and Derivatives: Theory and Applications'', by Samko, S.; Kilbas, A.A.; and Marichev, O. Hardcover: 1006 pages. Publisher: Taylor & Francis Books. ][''Theory and Applications of Fractional Differential Equations'', by Kilbas, A. A.; Srivastava, H. M.; and Trujillo, J. J. Amsterdam, Netherlands, Elsevier, February 2006. ] operator that generalizes the Riemann–Liouville fractional integral. Katugampola fractional derivative
has been defined using the
Katugampola fractional integral and as with any other
fractional differential operator, it also extends the possibility of taking
real number powers or
complex number powers of the integral and
differential operators
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.
Definitions
These operators have been defined on the following extended-Lebesgue space.
Let
be the space of those Lebesgue
measurable function
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s
on
for which
, where the norm is defined by
for
and for the case
Katugampola fractional integral
It is defined via the following integrals
for
and
This integral is called the ''left-sided'' fractional integral. Similarly, the ''right-sided'' fractional integral is defined by,
for
and
.
These are the fractional generalizations of the
-fold left- and right-integrals of the form
:
and
:
for
respectively. Even though the integral operators in question are close resemblance of the famous
Erdélyi–Kober operator, it is not possible to obtain the Hadamard fractional integrals as a direct consequence of the Erdélyi–Kober operators. Also, there is a corresponding fractional derivative, which generalizes the ''Riemann–Liouville'' and the ''Hadamard fractional derivatives''. As with the case of fractional integrals, the same is not true for the Erdélyi–Kober operator.
Katugampola fractional derivative
As with the case of other fractional derivatives, it is defined via the Katugampola fractional integral.
Let
and
The generalized fractional derivatives, corresponding to the generalized fractional integrals () and () are defined, respectively, for
, by

:
and
:
respectively, if the integrals exist.
These operators generalize the Riemann–Liouville and Hadamard fractional derivatives into a single form, while the Erdelyi–Kober fractional is a generalization of the Riemann–Liouville fractional derivative.
When,
, the fractional derivatives are referred to as
Weyl-type derivatives.
Caputo–Katugampola fractional derivative
There is a Caputo-type modification of the Katugampola derivative that is now known as the Caputo–Katugampola fractional derivative.
Let
and
. The C-K fractional derivative of order
of the function
with respect to parameter
can be expressed as
:
It satisfies the following result. Assume that
, then the C-K derivative has the following equivalent form
::
Hilfer–Katugampola fractional derivative
Another recent generalization is the ''Hilfer-Katugampola'' fractional derivative. Let order
and type
. The fractional derivative (left-sided/right-sided),
with respect to
, with
, is defined by
:
where
, for functions
in which the expression on the right hand side
exists, where
is the generalized fractional integral
given in ().
Mellin transform
As in the case of
Laplace transforms,
Mellin transforms will be used specially when solving
differential equations. The Mellin transforms of the ''left-sided'' and ''right-sided'' versions of Katugampola Integral operators are given by
Theorem
Let
and
Then,
for
, if
exists for
.
Hermite-Hadamard type inequalities
Katugampola operators satisfy the following Hermite-Hadamard type inequalities:
Theorem
Let
and
. If
is a convex function on
, then
where