Characterizations of fractional operators via integral transforms

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Main Authors: Labora, Daniel Cao, Jornet, Marc
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Jornet, Marc
contents In 1972, J. S. Lew established a reasonable conjecture regarding an axiomatic characterization for the one-dimensional Riemann-Liouville integral. This conjecture was proved by Cartwright and McMullen in 1978. After that, little further work has been done on this topic, except some extensions for the Stieltjes case in one and several variables. In this paper, we prove the necessity of the axioms established in the conjecture of J. S. Lew using the Cauchy functional equation and Hamel bases. In addition, we give a proof for the characterization in several variables by employing Titchmarsh theorem, as a natural extension of the approach of Cartwright and McMullen. We also provide an alternative version and proof in one and several variables with Laplace transforms and the Cauchy functional equation, weakening parts of the continuity assumption. We show a similar result for the Riesz potential in terms of the Fourier transform. Finally, we illustrate how the theory can be used for characterization in the context of fractional calculus with respect to a non-smooth integrator, based on transmutation and measures.
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Labora, Daniel Cao
Jornet, Marc
Classical Analysis and ODEs
26A33, 26B99, 44A10
In 1972, J. S. Lew established a reasonable conjecture regarding an axiomatic characterization for the one-dimensional Riemann-Liouville integral. This conjecture was proved by Cartwright and McMullen in 1978. After that, little further work has been done on this topic, except some extensions for the Stieltjes case in one and several variables. In this paper, we prove the necessity of the axioms established in the conjecture of J. S. Lew using the Cauchy functional equation and Hamel bases. In addition, we give a proof for the characterization in several variables by employing Titchmarsh theorem, as a natural extension of the approach of Cartwright and McMullen. We also provide an alternative version and proof in one and several variables with Laplace transforms and the Cauchy functional equation, weakening parts of the continuity assumption. We show a similar result for the Riesz potential in terms of the Fourier transform. Finally, we illustrate how the theory can be used for characterization in the context of fractional calculus with respect to a non-smooth integrator, based on transmutation and measures.
title Characterizations of fractional operators via integral transforms
topic Classical Analysis and ODEs
26A33, 26B99, 44A10
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2604.00714