Two fractional Stefan problems are considered by using Riemann-Liouville and Caputo derivatives of order ∈ (0, 1) such that, in the limit case ( = 1), both problems coincide with the same classical Stefan problem. For the one and the other problem, explicit solutions in terms of the Wright functions are presented.We prove that these solutions are different even though they converge, when ↗ 1, to the same classical solution. This result also shows that some limits are not commutative when fractional derivatives are used.
KEYWORDSCaputo derivative, explicit solutions, fractional Stefan problem, Riemann-Liouville derivative, Wright functions t 0 t u(x, ) (t − ) d ,6842