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Advances in Fractional Calculus

Theoretical Developments and Applications in Physics and Engineering

  • Fractional Calculus is a new growing field. Up to this point, researchers, scientists, and engineers have been reluctant to accept the fact that Fractional Calculus can be used in the analysis and design of many systems of practical interests, whereas in similar applications the traditional calculus either fails or provides poor solutions
  • Many engineers, scientists, and applied mathematicians are looking for books that can provide many applications of Fractional Calculus. This book will provide a partial solution to this problem. Since it covers recent applications of Fractional Calculus, it will be attractive to many engineers, scientists, and applied mathematicians

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Table of contents (37 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xiii
  2. Analytical and Numerical Techniques

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 1-1
    2. Three Classes of FDEs Amenable to Approximation Using a Galerkin Technique

      • Satwinder Jit Singh, Anindya Chatterjee
      Pages 3-14
    3. Enumeration of the Real Zeros of the Mittag-Leffler Function Eα(z), 1 <α< 2

      • John W. Hanneken, David M. Vaught, B. N. Narahari Achar
      Pages 15-26
    4. The Caputo Fractional Derivative: Initialization Issues Relative to Fractional Differential Equation

      • B. N. Narahari Achar, Carl F. Lorenzo, Tom T. Hartley
      Pages 27-42
    5. Linear Differential Equations of Fractional Order

      • Blanca Bonilla, Margarita Rivero, Juan J. Trujillo
      Pages 77-91
    6. Riesz Potentials as Centred Derivatives

      • Manuel Duarte Ortigueira
      Pages 93-112
  3. Classical Mechanics and Particle Physics

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 113-113
    2. On Fractional Variational Principles

      • Dumitru Baleanu, Sami I. Muslih
      Pages 115-126
    3. Mesoscopic Fractional Kinetic Equations versus a Riemann–Liouville Integral Type

      • Raoul R. Nigmatullin, Juan J. Trujillo
      Pages 155-167
  4. Diffusive Systems

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 169-169
    2. Enhanced Tracer Diffusion in Porous Media with an Impermeable Boundary

      • N. Krepysheva, L. Di Pietro, M. C. Néel
      Pages 171-184
    3. Solute Spreading in Heterogeneous Aggregated Porous Media

      • Kira Logvinova, Marie Christine Néel
      Pages 185-197
    4. Fractional Advective-Dispersive Equation as a Model of Solute Transport in Porous Media

      • F. San Jose Martinez, Y. A. Pachepsky, W. J. Rawls
      Pages 199-212
    5. Modelling and Identification of Diffusive Systems using Fractional Models

      • Amel Benchellal, Thierry Poinot, Jean-Claude Trigeassou
      Pages 213-225
  5. Modeling

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 227-227

About this book

In the last two decades, fractional (or non integer) differentiation has played a very important role in various fields such as mechanics, electricity, chemistry, biology, economics, control theory and signal and image processing. For example, in the last three fields, some important considerations such as modelling, curve fitting, filtering, pattern recognition, edge detection, identification, stability, controllability, observability and robustness are now linked to long-range dependence phenomena. Similar progress has been made in other fields listed here. The scope of the book is thus to present the state of the art in the study of fractional systems and the application of fractional differentiation.

As this volume covers recent applications of fractional calculus, it will be of interest to engineers, scientists, and applied mathematicians.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Université Bordeaux 1, – ENSEIRB, France

    Jocelyn Sabatier

  • Southern Illinois University, Carbondale, USA

    Om Prakash Agrawal

  • Institute of Engineering of Porto, Portugal

    J. A. Tenreiro Machado

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eBook USD 169.00
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Softcover Book USD 219.99
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