1. Introduction
Fractional calculus history dates back to the 17th century, when the derivative of order
was defined by Leibnitz in 1695. Fractional calculus has gained broad significance in the last few decades due to its applications in various fields of science and engineering. The Tautocrone problem can be solved using fractional calculus, as shown by Abel [
1]. It also has applications in group theory, field theory, polymers, continuum mechanics, wave theory, quantum mechanics, biophysics, spectroscopy, Lie theory, and in several other fields [
2,
3,
4,
5,
6]. Despite the fact that this calculus is ancient, it has gained attention over the last few decades because of the interesting results derived when this calculus is applied to the models of some real-world problems [
7,
8,
9,
10,
11,
12,
13,
14]. The fact that there are various fractional operators is what makes fractional calculus special. Thus, any scientist working on modeling real global phenomena can choose the operator that best suits the model.
The Riemann-Liouville, Grünwald-Letnikov, and Caputo and Hadamard definitions [
7,
15,
16] are some of the most well-known definitions of fractional operators, such that their formulations include single-kernel integrals, and they are used to explore and analyze memory effect problems, for example [
17]. The fractional derivatives are represented by the fractional integrals [
7,
10,
15,
18] in fractional calculus. There are several varieties of fractional integrals, of which two have been studied extensively for their applications. The first one is the Riemann-Liouville fractional integral defined for parameter
by
inspired by Cauchy’s integral formula
well-defined for
. The second is Hadamard’s fractional integral, which is defined by Hadamard [
19]
and is derived by the following integral:
We start by recalling some related results and notions.
Definition 1 ([
20]).
The integral form of the k-gamma function is defined by Clearly, and Definition 2. Let and , where we have the following k-beta functionNote that the relation between and functions is given by The
-Riemann-Liouville fractional integral (RLFI) [
21] is given in the following definition.
Definition 3. Suppose φ∈ , then -RLFI of order α is defined bywhere and . Definition 4 ([
22]).
Suppose φ is a continuous function on and . Then for all where and , is called a weighted -Riemann Liouville fractional derivative, provided it exists. Definition 5 ([
23]).
Let φ, be a real valued function such that is continuous and on The generalized weighted Laplace transform of φ with weight function ω defined on is given by holds for all values of u. Theorem 1 ([
23]).
The generalized weighted Laplace transform of exists and is given by Definition 6 ([
23]).
The generalized weighted convolution of φ and ψ is defined by 2. Weighted -Riemann Liouville Fractional Operators
In the present section, we define the weighted -Riemann Liouville fractional operators and discuss some of their properties.
Definition 7. Let φ be a continuous function on . Then, the weighted -RLFI of order α is defined bywhere , and . Remark 1. It should be noted that this integral operator covers many fractional integral operators.
- (i)
If we choose we obtain -RLFI [21]. - (ii)
If we choose and k-RLFI is obtained [24]. - (iii)
For and it gives RLFI [7]. - (iv)
For and it is converted to the k-Hadamard fractional integral [25].
The following modification of Definition 4 is required to prove the claimed results.
Definition 8. The -Riemann Liouville fractional derivative is defined as follows:Let φ be a continuous function on and . Then for all where and , is called the -Riemann Liouville fractional derivative, provided it exists. Definition 9. Let φ be a continuous function on , , , and . Then for all where is a weighted -RLFI. It can also be written as
Remark 2. It is worth mentioning that many other derivative operators can be represented as special cases of (6). - (i)
If is chosen, we obtain the -Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative [22]. - (ii)
Let and where it gives the k-Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative [26]. - (iii)
For and it reduces to the Riemann-Liouville fractional derivative [27]. - (iv)
It reduces to the k-Hadamard fractional derivative for [25].
Next, we present the space where the weighted -Riemann-Liouville fractional integrals are bounded.
Definition 10. Let φ be a function defined on . The space , is the space of all Lebesgue measurable functions for which , where Noted that ⇔ for and ⇔
Theorem 2. Let , , and . Then is bounded in and Proof. For
, we have
Substituting
and
on the right side of (
7), we obtain
By using Minkowski’s inequality, we have
Applying Hölder’s inequality, we obtain
where
Further,
For
, we obtain
Hence, we obtain the desired result. □
Theorem 3. Let φ be a continuous function on and and , . Then for all , we obtainwhere . Proof. Consider
By substituting
on the right side of (
8), we obtain
which gives
The inverse property is proved. □
Corollary 1. Let φ be a continuous function on and and , , . Then for all where . Corollary 2. (Semi-group property) Let φ be a continuous function on and , , , and . Then for all where Proof. By using Definition 9, we have
By using Theorem 3, we have
which implies
which is the required result. □
Corollary 3 (Commutative property).
Let φ be a continuous function on and , and . Then for all Corollary 4 (Linearity property).
Let φ be a continuous function on , , and . Then for all where and . Theorem 4. Let φ be a continuous function on , , and for all and . Proof. By using Definition 7 and Dirichlet’s formula, we obtain
By substituting
on the right side of (
9), we obtain
The proof is completed. □
Theorem 5. Let α, β, , and . Then we havewhere denotes the k-Gamma function. Proof. By using Definition 7, we obtain
By substituting
on the right side of (
10), we obtain
This completes the proof. □
Corollary 5. Let , and . Then, we have Remark 3. Taking in Theorem 5 and Corollary 5, we obtain results of [21]. Remark 4. If we choose , and in Theorem 5 and Corollary 5, we obtain results for Riemann Liouville.
3. Some New Chebyshev Inequalities Involving Weighted -RLFI
Weighted -RLFI formulations of Chebyshev-type inequalities are as follows:
Theorem 6. Let φ and ψ be two synchronous functions on . Then for all and the weighted function , the following inequalities for weighted -RLFI hold:andwhere . Proof. Since
and
are synchronous on
, for all
, we have
Both sides of (
14) are multiplied by
and integrating w.r.t
over (a,t), we obtain
which gives
Both sides of (
15) are multiplied by
and integrating w.r.t
y over (a,t), we obtain
This can be written as
On simplification, we obtain
which can be written as
This completes the proof of (
12).
Both sides of (
16) are multiplied by
and integrating w.r.t
y over (a,t), we obtain
which gives
The proof of (
13) is done. □
Theorem 7. Let φ and ψ be two synchronous functions on and . Then for all , the following inequality holds:where and . Proof. Since the function
and
are synchronous on
,
, for all
,
, we have
This gives
Both sides of (
18) are multiplied by
and integrating w.r.t
over (a,t), we obtain
After multiplying both sides of (
19) by
and integrating w.r.t
y over
we obtain
which implies
Hence, the result is proved. □
Corollary 6. Let φ and ψ be two synchronous functions on and . Then for all , the following inequality holds:where and . Proof. If we replace
to
in Theorem 7, we obtain the result (
20). □
Theorem 8. Let φψ and h be three monotonic functions defined on and satisfying the followingThen for all , the following inequality holds:where and . Proof. Use the same argument as in the proof of Theorem 7. □
Theorem 9. Let φ and ψ be defined on . Then for all , α, , the following inequalities for weighted -RLFI hold:and Proof. Since
and
using the same argument as the proof in Theorem 7, we obtain (
22) and (
21). □
Proof. If we replace
to
in Theorem 9, we obtain the inequalities (
23) and (
24). □
Remark 5. If we set in Theorems 6–9, then we obtain the inequalities of Theorems 3.1, 3.2, 3.4, and 3.5, respectively, given in [21]. Theorem 10. Let with , for all , Then and , we have Proof. By using Definition 7 and the Dirichlet’s formula, we have
Hence, we obtained the desired result. □
4. The Weighted Laplace Transform of the Weighted Fractional Operators
In this section, we apply the weighted laplace transformation to the new fractional operators. For this purpose we need to substitute
on the right side of (
3), where we have
which holds for all values of
u.
Proof. By using (
26), we have
By substituting
on the right side of (
27), we obtain
which gives the required result. □
Theorem 11. Let φ be a piecewise continuous function on each interval and of weighted ψ-exponential order. Thenwhere , , . Proof. By using Definitions 6 and 7 and Proposition 1, we have
This proves the claimed result. □
Theorem 12. The Laplace transform of the weighted -Riemann Liouville derivative is given by Proof. By using Definition 9, Theorems 1 and 11, we obtain
which gives the required series solution. □
5. Fractional Kinetic Differ-Integral Equation
The fractional differential equations are significant in the field of applied science and have gained interest in dynamic systems, physics, and engineering. In the previous decade, the fractional kinetic equation has gained interest due to the discovery of its relationship with the CTRW theory [
28]. The kinetic equations are essential in natural sciences and mathematical physics that explain the continuation of motion of the material. The generalized weighted fractional kinetic equation and its solution related to novel operators are discussed in this section. Consider the fractional kinetic equation given by
with initial condition
where
,
,
,
.
Theorem 13. The solution of (30) with initial condition (31) is Proof. Applying the modified weighted Laplace transform on both side of (
30), we obtain
Using Theorems 11 and 12, we obtain
Taking
, we obtain
Applying inverse Laplace transform, we obtain
The proof of the result is completed. □
6. Conclusions and Discussion
Fractional calculus is currently one of the most widely debated topics. In the present article, we introduced the weighted versions of the -RLF operators. We then investigated and examined their properties and found the weighted Laplace transform of the new operators. Significantly, these operators reduce to notable fractional operators in the literature. Other fractional operators, such as the Riemann-Liouville fractional operators and Hadamard fractional operators, show up as special cases of these weighted fractional operators with specific choices of weighted functions and operator functions. We have developed the Chebyshev inequalities by involving the introduced fractional integral operator. We developed a fractional kinetic equation and the weighted Laplace transform used to find the solution of the said model. The presented results motivate scientists to stimulate more work in such directions.
Author Contributions
Conceptualization, M.S.; Formal analysis, M.U.; Funding acquisition, T.A.; Investigation, S.I.; Methodology, A.K.; Project administration, T.A.; Supervision, M.S.; Writing—review and editing, N.M., All authors jointly worked on the results and they read and approved the final manuscript.
Funding
There is no funding available for this work.
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Data Availability Statement
No data were used to support this study.
Acknowledgments
The authors Nabil Mlaiki and Thabet Abdeljawad would like to thank Prince Sultan University (PSU) for the support through the TAS research lab. The authors would like to thank for paying the article processing charges.
Conflicts of Interest
The authors declare no conflict of interest.
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