Citation: Al-Rab’a, A.; Al-Sharif, S.;
Al-Khaleel, M. Double Conformable
Sumudu Transform. Symmetry 2022,
14, 2249. https://doi.org/
10.3390/sym14112249
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Double Conformable Sumudu Transform
Abdallah Al-Rab’a
1
, Sharifa Al-Sharif
1
and Mohammad Al-Khaleel
1,2,
*
1
Department of Mathematics, Yarmouk University, Irbid 21163, Jordan
2
Department of Mathematics, Khalifa University of Science and Technology,
Abu Dhabi 127788, United Arab Emirates
* Correspondence: mohammad.alkhaleel@ku.ac.ae
Abstract: In this paper, we introduce a new approach to solving fractional initial and boundary value
problems involving a heat equation, a wave equation, and a telegraph equation by modifying the
double Sumudu transform of the fractional type. We discuss a modified double conformable Sumudu
transform together with the conditions for its existence. In addition, we prove some more properties
of the fractional-type Sumudu transform, including convolution and other properties, which are well
known for their use in solving various symmetric and asymmetric problems in applied sciences and
engineering.
Keywords: conformable fractional derivative; Sumudu transform; convolution
1. Introduction
Fractional differential equations appear widely in various applied sciences and en-
gineering applications in order to improve the quality of modeling and better describe
real-world problems, which include economic, physical, electrical, and biological applica-
tions, among many others. One can refer, for instance, to [1] and the references therein,
where a good review of the applications of fractional differential equations in economics
was given, and to [2] for applications in the circuit domain, in which a time-fractional RC
circuit model was considered. Still, a similar fractional mathematical model can be used to
better model other types of circuits, such as RLCG circuits, as in [3].
Importantly, an exciting advancement in theoretical physics and nonlinear sciences
will be the development of methods for finding the exact solutions of nonlinear partial
differential equations that include equations of the fractional type. Such solutions play an
important role in the nonlinear sciences, which can lead to further applications.
Regarding fractional definitions, in [4], a new fractional definition that was called the
conformable fractional derivative was introduced and was defined as follows: For a given
function ψ : [0, ∞) −→ R, the conformable fractional derivative of order ϑ is given by
D
ϑ
ψ( x)= lim
ε→0
ψ(x+εx
1−ϑ
)−ψ(x)
ε
, ϑ ∈ (0, 1].
This definition is very easy to use when calculating derivatives and solving fractional
differential equations compared with other fractional definitions, such as the definitions of
Liouville–Riemann and Caputo fractional derivatives. Moreover, one of its most interesting
advantages is that it can be easily used to generalize many integral transforms, such as
Laplace and Sumudu transforms. Various modifications of the original definition were
proposed by many researchers; see, for instance, [5] and the references therein.
Recently, several powerful methods have been developed to obtain the exact solutions
for conformable fractional partial differential equations, such as the reliable methods
in [6,7], the single and double Laplace transform methods in [8–10], and the double Shehu
transform in [11].
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