Effect of local fractional derivatives on Riemann curvature tensor

Abstract

In this paper, we give a main example indicating the ineffectiveness of the local fractional derivatives on the Riemann curvature tensor that is a common tool in calculating curvature of a Riemannian manifold. For this, first we introduce a general local fractional derivative operator that involves the mostly used ones in the literature as conformable, alternative, truncated M− and V−fractional derivatives. Then, according to this general operator, a particular Riemannian metric on the real affine space Rn that is different from the Euclidean one is defined. In conclusion, our main example states that the Riemann curvature tensor of Rn endowed with this particular metric is identically 0, that is, one is locally isometric to Euclidean space.

Keywords

• Fractional calculus
• Local fractional derivative
• Euclidean space
• Riemann curvature tensor