On a Connection Between Powers of Operators and Fractional Cauchy Problems

Many phenomena in mathematical physics and in the theory of stochastic processes are recently described through fractional evolution equations. We investigate a general framework for connections between ordinary non-homogeneous equations in Banach spaces and fractional Cauchy problems. When the underlying operator generates a strongly continuous semigroup, it is known, using a subordination argument, that the fractional evolution equation is well posed. In this case, we provide an explicit form of the solution involving special functions, one example being the Airy function. © 2011 Springer Basel AG.