Recent Advances in Nonlocal Problems Involving the Fractional Laplacian Operators

A special issue of Fractal and Fractional (ISSN 2504-3110). This special issue belongs to the section "General Mathematics, Analysis".

Deadline for manuscript submissions: 14 August 2025 | Viewed by 1635

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Department of Mathematics Education, Sangmyung University, Seoul 03016, Republic of Korea
Interests: fractional differential equations; partial differential equations; variational principle; fractional Laplacian
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Dear Colleagues,

The study of fractional Sobolev spaces and their corresponding nonlocal equations has been exposed to tremendous popularity, since it not only involves mathematical challenges (in particular, inhomogeneity) but also many applications. This Special Issue will focus on new aspects of the recent developments in the theory and applications of fractional Laplacian equations, stationary problems involving singular nonlinearities, nonlocal problems with variable exponents, and problems involving the fractional magnetic operator, subject to various boundary conditions. 

Contributions to the Special Issue may address (but are not limited) to the following aspects:

  • Existence and multiplicity of solutions of fractional differential equations;
  • Existence and multiplicity of solutions of nonlocal problems with variable exponent;
  • Existence and multiplicity of solutions of nonlocal problems of Kirchhoff type;
  • Stationary problems involving singular nonlinearities;
  • Regularity of solutions for fractional differential equations.

Dr. Yun-Ho Kim
Guest Editor

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Keywords

  • fractional differential equations
  • fractional Sobolev spaces
  • variable exponent elliptic operator
  • fractional Laplacian problems with the external magnetic field
  • variational methods on the existence and multiplicity of solutions
  • a priori estimates and existence of solutions
  • uniqueness, non-existence, classifications of solutions
  • critical point theorem on the existence and multiplicity of solutions

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Asymptotic Periodicity of Bounded Mild Solutions for Evolution Equations with Non-Densely Defined and Fractional Derivative
by Jiabin Zuo, Abdellah Taqbibt, Mohamed Chaib and M’hamed Elomari
Fractal Fract. 2025, 9(2), 85; https://doi.org/10.3390/fractalfract9020085 - 26 Jan 2025
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In the present article, we establish conditions for the asymptotic periodicity of bounded mild solutions in two distinct cases of evolution equations. The first class involves non-densely defined operators, while the second class incorporates densely defined operators with fractional derivatives that generate a [...] Read more.
In the present article, we establish conditions for the asymptotic periodicity of bounded mild solutions in two distinct cases of evolution equations. The first class involves non-densely defined operators, while the second class incorporates densely defined operators with fractional derivatives that generate a semigroup of contractions. Our method integrates the theory of spectral properties of uniformly bounded continuous functions defined on the positive real semi-axis. Additionally, we apply extrapolation theory to evolution equations with non-densely defined operators. To illustrate our main results, we provide a concrete example. Full article
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Existence and Uniqueness of Solutions to Non-Local Problems of Brézis–Oswald Type and Its Application
by Yun-Ho Kim
Fractal Fract. 2024, 8(11), 622; https://doi.org/10.3390/fractalfract8110622 - 24 Oct 2024
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The aim of this paper is to establish the existence and uniqueness of solutions to non-local problems involving a discontinuous Kirchhoff-type function via a global minimum principle of Ricceri. More precisely, we first obtain the uniqueness result of weak solutions to nonlinear fractional [...] Read more.
The aim of this paper is to establish the existence and uniqueness of solutions to non-local problems involving a discontinuous Kirchhoff-type function via a global minimum principle of Ricceri. More precisely, we first obtain the uniqueness result of weak solutions to nonlinear fractional Laplacian problems of Brézis–Oswald type. We then demonstrate the existence of a unique positive solution to Kirchhoff-type problems driven by the non-local fractional Laplacian as its application. The main features of the present paper are the lack of the continuity of the Kirchhoff function in [0,) and the localization of a positive solution. Full article
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