Maximum principle for the generalized time-fractional diffusion equation

Abstract: In the paper, a maximum principle for the generalized time-fractional diffusion equation over an open bounded domain is formulated and proved. The proof of the maximum principle is based on an extremum principle for the Caputo–Dzherbashyan fractional derivative that is given in the paper, too. The maximum principle is then applied to show that the initial-boundary-value problem for the generalized time-fractional diffusion equation possesses at most one classical solution and this solution continuously depends on the initial and boundary conditions. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]