The Right Equivalent Integral Equation of Impulsive Caputo Fractional-Order System of Order <i>ϵ</i>∈(1,2)

Abstract

For the impulsive fractional-order system (IFrOS) of order ϵ∈(1,2), there have appeared some conflicting equivalent integral equations in existing studies. However, we find two fractional-order properties of piecewise function and use them to verify that these given equivalent integral equations have some defects to not be the equivalent integral equation of the IFrOS. For the IFrOS, its limit property shows the linear additivity of the impulsive effects. For the IFrOS, we use the limit analysis and the linear additivity of the impulsive effects to find its correct equivalent integral equation, which is a combination of some piecewise functions with two arbitrary constants; that is, the solution of the IFrOS is a general solution. Finally, a numerical example is given to show the equivalent integral equation and the non-uniqueness of the solution of the IFrOS.

Keywords

• impulsive fractional differential equations
• equivalent integral equations
• general solution
• non-uniqueness of solution