An Analog of the Tricomi Problem for a Mixed Type Equation with a Partial Fractional Derivative

Mathematics Subject Classification 2010: 35M10, 35R11, 26A33, 33C05, 33E12, 33C20.

The paper deals with an analog of Tricomi boundary value problem for a partial differential equation of mixed type involving a diffusion equation with the Riemann-Liouville partial fractional derivative and a hyperbolic equation with two degenerate lines. By using the properties of the Gauss hypergeometric function and of the generalized fractional integrals and derivatives with such a function in the kernel, the uniqueness and existence of a solution of the considered problem are proved, and its explicit solution is established in terms of the new special function.