Abstract
The manuscript is concerned with a generalization of the fractional pantograph equation which contains a linear functional argument. This type of equation has applications in many branches of physics and engineering. A new spectral collocation scheme is investigated to obtain a numerical solution of this equation with variable coefficients on a semi-infinite domain. This method is based upon the generalized Laguerre polynomials and Gauss quadrature integration. This scheme reduces solving the generalized fractional pantograph equation to a system of algebraic equations. Numerical results indicating the high accuracy and effectiveness of this algorithm are presented.