A Distributional Framework Based on Gamma–Zeta Operators for Singular Fractional Models
Abstract
1. Introduction and Motivation
- A new fractional Taylor-type representation of the product of Euler gamma and Riemann zeta functions is derived using fractional derivatives of the Dirac delta distribution.
- New identities for fractional integrals and derivatives involving multiple Erdélyi–Kober operators are established.
- A distributional framework for fractional differential equations with singular kernels is formulated and solved analytically.
- The approach extends the domain of certain fractional differential equations from to and provides generalized solutions that cannot be obtained using classical integer-order derivatives.
Preliminaries
2. Main Results
2.1. A Distributional Framework Based on Gamma–Zeta Operator
- Case 1: When < 0, we use (Equation (1) in ref. [30]) for the new representation (22)
- Case 2: When we use (Equation (2) in ref. [30]) for the new representation (22)
- Case 3: When +, we use (Equation (4) in ref. [30]) for the new representation (22)
- Case 1: Classical solution valid over the half real line .
- Case 2: Fractional generalized (distributional) solution
2.2. Solution of Fractional Differential Models with Singular Kernels
2.2.1. An Application of m-E–K Fractional Integral Transforms
2.2.2. An Application of m-E–K Fractional Derivatives
3. Discussion and Further Examples
4. Conclusions and Future Directions
Author Contributions
Funding
Data Availability Statement
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
| m-E–K | multiple Erdélyi–Kober |
| M–S–M | Marichev–Saigo–Maeda |
| E–K | Erdélyi–Kober |
| R–L | Riemann–Liouville |
| LT | Laplace transformation |
| C | Caputo |
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| Connection Among the Individual Kernels of the Preceding Fractional Operators | |
|---|---|
| (Equation (31) in ref. [29]) Marichev–Saigo–Maeda (M–S–M) | |
| (Equation (30) in ref. [29]) Saigo | |
| ([29], p. 10) Erdélyi–Kober (E–K) (m = 1) | |
| ([29], p. 10) Riemann–Liouville (R–L) |
| m = 3 | M–S–M Fractional Integrals |
| m = 2 | Saigo fractional integrals |
| m = 1 | E–K fractional integrals |
| m = 1 | R- L fractional integrals |
| m = 3 | M–S–M Fractional Derivatives |
| m = 2 | Saigo fractional derivatives |
| m = 1 | E–K fractional derivatives |
| m = 1 | R–L fractional derivatives |
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Tassaddiq, A.; Alharbi, R. A Distributional Framework Based on Gamma–Zeta Operators for Singular Fractional Models. Fractal Fract. 2026, 10, 234. https://doi.org/10.3390/fractalfract10040234
Tassaddiq A, Alharbi R. A Distributional Framework Based on Gamma–Zeta Operators for Singular Fractional Models. Fractal and Fractional. 2026; 10(4):234. https://doi.org/10.3390/fractalfract10040234
Chicago/Turabian StyleTassaddiq, Asifa, and Rabab Alharbi. 2026. "A Distributional Framework Based on Gamma–Zeta Operators for Singular Fractional Models" Fractal and Fractional 10, no. 4: 234. https://doi.org/10.3390/fractalfract10040234
APA StyleTassaddiq, A., & Alharbi, R. (2026). A Distributional Framework Based on Gamma–Zeta Operators for Singular Fractional Models. Fractal and Fractional, 10(4), 234. https://doi.org/10.3390/fractalfract10040234

