Advances in Mathematical Physics

Volume 2014 (2014), Article ID 590574, 5 pages

http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2014/590574

Research Article

Local Fractional Poisson and Laplace Equations with Applications to Electrostatics in Fractal Domain

Yang-Yang Li,1,2 Yang Zhao,³ Gong-Nan Xie,⁴ Dumitru Baleanu,5,6,7 Xiao-Jun Yang,⁸ and Kai Zhao¹

¹Northeast Institute of Geography and Agroecology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130102, China

²University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, China

³Electronic and Information Technology Department, Jiangmen Polytechnic, Jiangmen 529090, China

⁴School of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710048, China

⁵Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, King Abdulaziz University, P.O. Box 80204, Jeddah 21589, Saudi Arabia

⁶Department of Mathematics and Computer Sciences, Faculty of Arts and Sciences, Cankaya University, 06530 Ankara, Turkey

⁷Institute of Space Sciences, Magurele, 077125 Bucharest, Romania

⁸Department of Mathematics and Mechanics, China University of Mining and Technology, Xuzhou, Jiangsu 221008, China

Received 19 March 2014; Accepted 1 April 2014; Published 16 April 2014

Academic Editor: Carlo Cattani

Copyright © 2014 Yang-Yang Li et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.

Abstract.

From the local fractional calculus viewpoint, Poisson and Laplace equations were presented in this paper. Their applications to the electrostatics in fractal media are discussed and their local forms in the Cantor-type cylindrical coordinates are also obtained.

1. Introduction

Poisson and Laplace equations had successfully played an important role in electrodynamics [1–3]. Mathematically, they are two-order partial differential equations and exist in the spaces of different kinds [4, 5]. Their solutions were studied by different. There are approximate and numerical methods for them, such as the finite difference method [6], the finite element method [7], the random walk method [8], the quadrilateral quadrature element [9], and the complex polynomial method [10].

Since Mandelbrot [10] described the fractals, the fractional calculus [11–13] and local fractional calculus [14–16] were applied to the real world problem based on them. For example, Engheta discussed the fractional-order electromagnetic theory [17]. Tarasov studied the fractal distribution of charges [18]. Calcagni et al. suggested the electric charge in multiscale space and times [19]. In [20], the local fractional approach for Maxwell’s equations was considered. Local fractional calculus [20–25] has been successfully applied to describe dynamical systems with the nondifferentiable functions. For example, the Maxwell theory on Cantor sets was studied in [20]. The Heisenberg uncertainty relation was discussed by using the local fractional Fourier analysis [21]. The system of Navier-Stokes equations arising in fractal flows was reported in [22]. The local fractional nonhomogeneous heat equations arising in fractal heat flow were presented in [23]. The fractal forest gap within the local fractional derivative was investigated in [24].

In the present paper, the local fractional Poisson and Laplace equations within the nondifferentiable functions arising in electrostatics in fractal domain and in the Cantor-type cylindrical coordinates [25] based upon the local fractional Maxwell equations [20] will be derived from the fractional vector calculus.

The outline of the paper is depicted below. Section 2 introduces the local fractional Maxwell equations. Section 3 discusses the local fractional Poisson and Laplace equations arising in electrostatics in fractal media. In Section 4, the local fractional Poisson and Laplace equations in the Cantor-type cylindrical coordinates are presented. Finally, Section 5 is devoted to the conclusions.

2. Local Fractional Maxwell’s Equations

In this section, the local fractional Maxwell’s equations are introduced and the concepts of the local fractional vector calculus are reviewed. We first introduce the local fractional vector calculus and its theorems [14, 20–23].

The local fractional line integral of the function along a fractal line was defined as [14, 20]

where the quantity is elements of line, as , and .

The local fractional surface integral was defined as [14, 20–23]

where the quantity is elements of surface, the quantity is elements of area with a unit normal local fractional vector, and as for .

The local fractional volume integral of the function was defined as [14, 20–23]

where the quantity is the elements of volume, as , and .

The local fractional Stokes’ theorem of the fractal field states that [13, 20]

The electric Gauss law for the fractal electric field was suggested as [20]

which leads to

where the quantity denotes the free charges density and the quantity is the fractal electric displacement.

The Ampere law in the fractal magnetic field was presented as [20]

which leads to

where the quantity is the fractal magnetic field strength and the quantity denotes the fractal conductive current.

The Faraday law in the fractal electric field reads as [20]

which leads to

where the constitutive relationships in fractal electric field are

with the fractal dielectric permittivity and the fractal dielectric field .

The magnetic Gauss law for the fractal magnetic field was written as [20]

which leads to

where the constitutive relationships in fractal magnetic field are

with the fractal magnetic permeability and the fractal magnetic field .

3. Local Fractional Poisson and Laplace Equations in Fractal Media

In this section, we derive the local fractional Poisson and Laplace equations arising in electrostatics in fractal media.

In view of (11), from (6) we have

so that

where denotes the free charges density in fractal homogeneous medium, denotes the fractal dielectric permittivity, and denotes the fractal dielectric field.

Hence, the local fractional differential form of Gauss’s law in local fractional divergence operator reads as

If the electrostatics in fractal domain is described by the expression

then the fractal electric field within the local fractional gradient is

where the quantity is a nondifferentiable term and is the fractal dielectric field.

In view of (16) and (19), we obtain

which leads to

where the quantity is a nondifferentiable term and denotes the fractal dielectric permittivity.

From (21) we arrive at

Let us define the local fractional operator

Making use of (22) and (23), we have

In the Cantorian coordinates, from (24), the local fractional Poisson equation arising in electrostatics in fractal domain can be written as

where both and are nondifferentiable functions; the local fractional operator in the Cantorian coordinates was written as [14]

In the Cantorian coordinates, from (25), the local fractional Laplace equation arising in electrostatics in fractal domain is

where the quantity is a nondifferentiable function.

From (25) the local fractional Laplace equation arising in electrostatics in fractal domain with two variables can be written as

where both and are nondifferentiable functions.

From (27) the local fractional Laplace equation arising in electrostatics in fractal domain with two variables can be written as

where the quantity is a nondifferentiable function.

For the boundary conditions on the fractal potential

we have the local fractional Laplace’s equation

which leads to the nondifferentiable solution given

and its graph is shown in Figure 1.

Figure 1: Plot of (31) with parameters and .

We notice that the local fractional Poisson’s equation shows the potential behavior in the fractal regions with nondifferentiable functions where there is the free charge, while local fractional Laplace’s equation governs the nondifferentiable potential behavior in fractal regions where there is no free charge.

4. Local Fractional Poisson and Laplace Equations in the Cantor-Type Cylindrical Coordinates

In this section, the local fractional Poisson and Laplace equations in the Cantor-type cylindrical coordinates are considered. We first start with the Cantor-type cylindrical coordinate method.

We now consider the Cantor-type cylindrical coordinates given by [14, 25]

with , , , and .

From (33) we have [25]

where

and the local fractional vector suggested by

In view of (35), the local fractional Poisson equation in the Cantor-type cylindrical coordinates is written as

where both and are nondifferentiable functions.

From (35), the local fractional Laplace equation in the Cantor-type cylindrical coordinates is

where the quantity is a nondifferentiable function.

We now consider the Cantor-type circle coordinates given by [14]

with , , and .

Making use of (37), we obtain

where [14]

and the local fractional vector is suggested by [14]

From (28) and (42) the local fractional Poisson equation in fractal domain with two variables can be written as

where both and are nondifferentiable functions.

From (29) and (42) the local fractional Laplace equation in fractal domain with two variables can be written as

where the quantity is a nondifferentiable function.

5. Conclusions

In this work we derived the local fractional Poisson and Laplace equations arising in electrostatics in fractal domain from local fractional vector calculus. The local fractional Poisson and Laplace equations in the Cantor-type cylindrical coordinates were also discussed. The nondifferentiable solution for local fractional Laplace equation was also given.

Conflict of Interests

The authors declare that they have no conflict of interests regarding this paper.

Acknowledgment

This work was supported by the National Natural Science Foundation of China (no. 41371345 and no. 41201335).

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