In the article (West, 2015), the author has obtained a function as the solution to fractional logistic equation (FLE). As demonstrated later in Area et al. (2016), this function (West function) is not the solution to FLE, but nevertheless as shown by West, it is in good agreement with the numerical solution to FLE. The West function indicates a compelling feature, in which the exponentials are substituted by Mittag-Leffler functions. In this paper, a modified fractional logistic equation (MFLE) is introduced, to which the West function is a solution. The proposed fractional integro-differential equation possesses a nonlinear additive term related to the solution of the logistic equation (LE). The method utilized in this article, may be applied to the analysis of solutions to nonlinear fractional differential equations of mathematical physics.

Modified fractional logistic equation / D’Ovidio, Mirko; Loreti, Paola; Sarv Ahrabi, Sima. - In: PHYSICA. A. - ISSN 0378-4371. - 505:(2018), pp. 818-824. [10.1016/j.physa.2018.04.011]

Modified fractional logistic equation

D’Ovidio, Mirko;Loreti, Paola;Sarv Ahrabi, Sima
2018

Abstract

In the article (West, 2015), the author has obtained a function as the solution to fractional logistic equation (FLE). As demonstrated later in Area et al. (2016), this function (West function) is not the solution to FLE, but nevertheless as shown by West, it is in good agreement with the numerical solution to FLE. The West function indicates a compelling feature, in which the exponentials are substituted by Mittag-Leffler functions. In this paper, a modified fractional logistic equation (MFLE) is introduced, to which the West function is a solution. The proposed fractional integro-differential equation possesses a nonlinear additive term related to the solution of the logistic equation (LE). The method utilized in this article, may be applied to the analysis of solutions to nonlinear fractional differential equations of mathematical physics.
2018
Fractional differential equationsLogistic equationAsymptotic expansionsMittag-Leffler functions
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Modified fractional logistic equation / D’Ovidio, Mirko; Loreti, Paola; Sarv Ahrabi, Sima. - In: PHYSICA. A. - ISSN 0378-4371. - 505:(2018), pp. 818-824. [10.1016/j.physa.2018.04.011]
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