Analytic solution of a class of fractional differential equations with variable coefficients by operatorial methods

In this note we show the analytic solution of a class of fractional differential equations with variable coefficients by using operatorial methods. Taking inspiration from previous papers by Dattoli et al. [4-6] about spectral properties of Laguerre derivative, we here generalize some of their results to fractional evolution equations. Besides that, we have two interesting generalized examples. One is about telegraph equation with time dependent coefficient. The other, that could be of some interest for realistic applications, is the fractional diffusion with a space-dependent diffusion coefficient. © 2011 Elsevier B.V.