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Main Authors: Pathak, Shashank, Ruzhansky, Michael, Van Bockstal, Karel
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Published: 2025
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.20497
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author Pathak, Shashank
Ruzhansky, Michael
Van Bockstal, Karel
author_facet Pathak, Shashank
Ruzhansky, Michael
Van Bockstal, Karel
contents We consider a fractionally damped oscillator, where the damping term is expressed by the Caputo fractional derivative of order $β\in (0,1).$ The impulse response of this oscillator can be expressed in terms of the bivariate Mittag-Leffler function consisting of a double infinite series. Although this series is uniformly convergent, its numerical implementation suffers from computational instabilities. In this contribution, we propose an approximate closed-form solution that avoids these numerical pitfalls while maintaining a reasonable accuracy. The resulting approximation is computationally efficient and robust, making it suitable for practical engineering applications.
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spellingShingle A Closed-form Approximation for Impulse Response of Fractionally Damped Oscillators
Pathak, Shashank
Ruzhansky, Michael
Van Bockstal, Karel
Classical Analysis and ODEs
Mathematical Physics
34A08, 70J35, 74S40
We consider a fractionally damped oscillator, where the damping term is expressed by the Caputo fractional derivative of order $β\in (0,1).$ The impulse response of this oscillator can be expressed in terms of the bivariate Mittag-Leffler function consisting of a double infinite series. Although this series is uniformly convergent, its numerical implementation suffers from computational instabilities. In this contribution, we propose an approximate closed-form solution that avoids these numerical pitfalls while maintaining a reasonable accuracy. The resulting approximation is computationally efficient and robust, making it suitable for practical engineering applications.
title A Closed-form Approximation for Impulse Response of Fractionally Damped Oscillators
topic Classical Analysis and ODEs
Mathematical Physics
34A08, 70J35, 74S40
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.20497