Determination of the order in Abstract fractional differential equations

Abstract

In this paper we identify, for small $t$ and a fixed $T>0,$ the order $\alpha>0$ in the abstract fractional differential equation $$\partial^\alpha u(t)=Au(t),$$ where the time-fractional derivative $\partial^\alpha$ is understood in the sense of Caputo and Riemann-Liouville, $A$ is a closed (possibly unbounded) linear operator in a Banach space $X,$ and $0<\alpha<1$ or $1<\alpha<2.$