This paper deals with the investigation of the analytical approximate solutions for two-term fractional-order diffusion, wave-diffusion, and telegraph equations. The fractional derivatives are defined in the Caputo sense, whose orders belong to the intervals [0,1], (1,2), and [1,2], respectively. In this paper, we extended optimal homotopy asymptotic method (OHAM) for two-term fractional-order wave-diffusion equations. Highly approximate solution is obtained in series form using this extended method. Approximate solution obtained by OHAM is compared with the exact solution. It is observed that OHAM is a prevailing and convergent method for the solutions of nonlinear-fractional-order time-dependent partial differential problems. The numerical results rendering that the applied method is explicit, effective, and easy to use, for handling more general fractional-order wave diffusion, diffusion, and telegraph problems.

In the theory of differential equations, the study of existence and the uniqueness of the solutions are important. In the last few decades, many researchers have had a keen interest in finding the existence–uniqueness solution of constant fractional differential equations, but literature focusing on variable order is limited. In this article, we consider a Caputo type variable order fractional differential equation. First, we present the existence–uniqueness of a solution of the considered problem. Secondly, By borrowing the idea from the theory of ordinary differential equations, we extend the continuation theorem for the variable order fractional differential equation. Further, we prove the global existence results. Finally, we present different types of Ulam–Hyers stability results, which have never been studied before for the Caputo type variable order fractional differential equation.