Analysis and Some Applications of a Regularized Ψ-Hilfer Fractional Derivative

Abstract

The main purpose of this research is to present a generalization of Psi-Hilfer fractional derivative, called as regularized Psi-Hilfer, and study some of its basic characteristics. In this direction, we show that the psi-Riemann-Liouville integral is the inverse operation of the presented regularized differentiation by means of the same function psi. In addition, we consider an initial-value problem comprising this generalization and analyze the existence as well as the uniqueness of its solution. To do so, we first present an approximation sequence via a successive substitution approach; then we prove that this sequence converges uniformly to the unique solution of the regularized Psi-Hilfer fractional differential equation (FDE). To solve this FDE, we suggest an efficient numerical scheme and show its accuracy and efficacy via some real-world applications. Simulation results verify the theoretical consequences and show that the regularized Psi-Hilfer fractional mathematical system provides a more accurate model than the other kinds of integer- and fractional-order differential equations. (C) 2022 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.