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Preface | |
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Acknowledgments | |
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Special Functions of Preface | |
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Acknowledgements | |
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Special Functions of the Fractional Calculuslt | |
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Gamma Function | |
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Mittag-Leffler Function | |
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Wright Function | |
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Fractional Derivatives and Integralslt | |
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The Name of the Game | |
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Gruuml;nwald-Letnikov Fractional Derivatives | |
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Riemann-Liouville Fractional Derivatives | |
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Some Other Approaches | |
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Sequential Fractional Derivatives | |
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Left and Right Fractional Derivatives | |
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Properties of Fractional Derivatives | |
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Laplace Transforms of Fractional Derivatives | |
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Fourier Transforms of Fractional Derivatives | |
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Mellin Transforms of Fractional Derivatives | |
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Existence and Uniqueness Theoremslt | |
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Linear Fractional Differential Equations | |
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Fractional Differential Equation of a General Form | |
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Existence and Uniqueness Theorem as a Method of Solution | |
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Dependence of a Solution on Initial Conditions | |
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The Laplace Transform Methodlt | |
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Standard Fractional Differential Equations | |
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Sequential Fractional Differential Equations | |
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Fractional Green's Functionlt | |
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Definition and Some Properties | |
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Term Equation | |
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Term Equation | |
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Term Equation. | |
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Term Equation | |
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Calculation of Heat Load Intensity Change in Blast Furnace Walls | |
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Finite-Part Integrals and Fractional Derivatives | |
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General Case: nlt;/i>-term Equation | |
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Other Methods for the Solution of Fractional-order Equationslt | |
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The Mellin Transform Method | |
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Power Series Method | |
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Babenko's Symbolic Calculus Method | |
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Method of Orthogonal Polynomials | |
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Numerical Evaluation of Fractional Derivativeslt | |
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Approximation of Fractional Derivatives | |
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The "Short-Memory" Principle | |
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Order of Approximation | |
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Computation of Coefficients | |
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Higher-order Approximations | |
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Numerical Solution of Fractional Differential Equationslt | |
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Initial Conditions: Which Problem to Solve? Numerical Solution | |
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Examples of Numerical Solutions | |
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The "Short-Memory" Principle in Initial Value Problems for Fractional Differential Equations | |
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Fractional-Order Systems and Controllers | |
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Fractional-Order Systems and Fractional-Order Controllerslt | |
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Example | |
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on Viscoelasticity | |
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Bode's Analysis of Feedback Amplifiers | |
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Fractional Capacitor Theory | |
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Electrical Circuits | |
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Electroanalytical Chemistry | |
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Electrode-Electrolyte Interface | |
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Fractional Multipoles | |
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Biology | |
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Fractional Diffusion Equations | |
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Control Theory | |
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Fitting of Experimental Data | |
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The "Fractional-Order" Physics? Bibliography | |
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Tables of Fractional Derivativeslt | |
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Index | |