Fractional calculus : an introduction for physicists

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Fractional calculus is undergoing rapidly and ongoing development. We can already recognize, that within its framework new concepts and strategies emerge, which lead to new challenging insights and surprising correlations between different branches of physics. This book is an invitation both to the...

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Online Access: Full text (MCPHS users only)
Main Author: Herrmann, Richard
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:English
Published: Singapore ; Hackensack, N.J. : World Scientific, 2011
Subjects:
Fractional calculus.
Local Note:ProQuest Ebook Central
Table of Contents:
  • 1. Introduction
  • 2. Functions. 2.1. Gamma function. 2.2. Mittag-Leffler functions. 2.3. Hypergeometric functions. 2.4. Miscellaneous functions
  • 3. The fractional derivative. 3.1. Basics. 3.2. The fractional Leibniz product rule. 3.3. Discussion
  • 4. Friction forces. 4.1. Classical description. 4.2. Fractional friction
  • 5. Fractional calculus. 5.1. The Fourier transform. 5.2. The fractional integral. 5.3. Correlation of fractional integration and differentiation. 5.4. Fractional derivative of second order. 5.5. Fractional derivatives of higher orders. 5.6. Geometric interpretation of the fractional integral. 5.7. Low level fractionality. 5.8. Discussion
  • 6. The fractional harmonic oscillator. 6.1. The fractional harmonic oscillator. 6.2. The harmonic oscillator according to Fourier. 6.3. The harmonic oscillator according to Riemann. 6.4. The harmonic oscillator according to Caputo
  • 7. Wave equations and parity. 7.1. Fractional wave equations. 7.2. Parity and time-reversal. 7.3. Solutions of the free regularized fractional wave equation
  • 8. Nonlocality and memory effects. 8.1. A short history of nonlocal concepts. 8.2. From local to nonlocal operators. 8.3. Memory effects
  • 9. Quantum mechanics. 9.1. Canonical quantization. 9.2. Quantization of the classical Hamilton function and free solutions. 9.3. Temperature dependence of a fission yield and determination of the corresponding fission potential. 9.4. The fractional Schrodinger equation with an infinite well potential. 9.5. Radial solutions of the fractional Schrodinger equation
  • 10. Fractional spin : a property of particles described with the fractional Schrodinger equation. 10.1. Spin. 10.2. Fractional spin
  • 11. Factorization. 11.1. The Dirac equation. 11.2. The fractional Dirac equation. 11.3. The fractional Pauli equation.

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