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Francesco Mainardi
Other affiliations: Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare
Bio: Francesco Mainardi is an academic researcher from University of Bologna. The author has contributed to research in topics: Fractional calculus & Random walk. The author has an hindex of 66, co-authored 264 publications receiving 22022 citations. Previous affiliations of Francesco Mainardi include Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare.
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31 May 2010
TL;DR: The Eulerian Functions The Bessel Functions The Error Functions The Exponential Integral Functions The Mittag-Leffler Functions The Wright Functions as mentioned in this paper The Eulerians Functions
Abstract: Essentials of Fractional Calculus Essentials of Linear Viscoelasticity Fractional Viscoelastic Media Waves in Linear Viscoelastic Media: Dispersion and Dissipation Waves in Linear Viscoelastic Media: Asymptotic Methods Pulse Evolution in Fractional Viscoelastic Media The Eulerian Functions The Bessel Functions The Error Functions The Exponential Integral Functions The Mittag-Leffler Functions The Wright Functions.
1,593 citations
01 Jan 1997
TL;DR: Panagiotopoulos, O.K.Carpinteri, B. Chiaia, R. Gorenflo, F. Mainardi, and R. Lenormand as mentioned in this paper.
Abstract: A. Carpinteri: Self-Similarity and Fractality in Microcrack Coalescence and Solid Rupture.- B. Chiaia: Experimental Determination of the Fractal Dimension of Microcrack Patterns and Fracture Surfaces.- P.D. Panagiotopoulos, O.K. Panagouli: Fractal Geometry in Contact Mechanics and Numerical Applications.- R. Lenormand: Fractals and Porous Media: from Pore to Geological Scales.- R. Gorenflo, F. Mainardi: Fractional Calculus: Integral and Differential Equations of Fractional Order.- R. Gorenflo: Fractional Calculus: some Numerical Methods.- F. Mainardi: Fractional Calculus: some Basic Problems in Continuum and Statistical Mechanics.
1,389 citations
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors introduce the linear operators of fractional integration and fractional differentiation in the framework of the Riemann-Liouville fractional calculus, and derive the analytical solutions of the most simple linear integral and differential equations in fractional order.
Abstract: We introduce the linear operators of fractional integration and fractional differentiation in the framework of the Riemann-Liouville fractional calculus. Particular attention is devoted to the technique of Laplace transforms for treating these operators in a way accessible to applied scientists, avoiding unproductive generalities and excessive mathematical rigor. By applying this technique we shall derive the analytical solutions of the most simple linear integral and differential equations of fractional order. We show the fundamental role of the Mittag-Leffler function, whose properties are reported in an ad hoc Appendix. The topics discussed here will be: (a) essentials of Riemann-Liouville fractional calculus with basic formulas of Laplace transforms, (b) Abel type integral equations of first and second kind, (c) relaxation and oscillation type differential equations of fractional order.
1,281 citations
TL;DR: A survey of the major documents and events in the area of fractional calculus that took place since 1974 up to the present date can be found in this article, where the authors report some of the most important documents and major events.
1,267 citations
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors review some applications of fractional calculus developed by the author (partly in collaboration with others) to treat some basic problems in continuum and statistical mechanics.
Abstract: We review some applications of fractional calculus developed by the author (partly in collaboration with others) to treat some basic problems in continuum and statistical mechanics. The problems in continuum mechanics concern mathematical modelling of viscoelastic bodies (Sect. 1), and unsteady motion of a particle in a viscous fluid, i.e. the Basset problem (Sect. 2). In the former analysis fractional calculus leads us to introduce intermediate models of viscoelasticity which generalize the classical spring-dashpot models. The latter analysis induces us to introduce a hydrodynamic model suitable to revisit in Sect. 3 the classical theory of the Brownian motion, which is a relevant topic in statistical mechanics. By the tools of fractional calculus we explain the long tails in the velocity correlation and in the displacement variance. In Sect. 4 we consider the fractional diffusion-wave equation, which is obtained from the classical diffusion equation by replacing the first-order time derivative by a fractional derivative of order $0< \beta <2$. Led by our analysis we express the fundamental solutions (the Green functions) in terms of two interrelated auxiliary functions in the similarity variable, which turn out to be of Wright type (see Appendix), and to distinguish slow-diffusion processes ($0 < \beta < 1$) from intermediate processes ($1 < \beta < 2$).
1,064 citations
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TL;DR: Fractional kinetic equations of the diffusion, diffusion-advection, and Fokker-Planck type are presented as a useful approach for the description of transport dynamics in complex systems which are governed by anomalous diffusion and non-exponential relaxation patterns.
7,412 citations
TL;DR: Convergence of Probability Measures as mentioned in this paper is a well-known convergence of probability measures. But it does not consider the relationship between probability measures and the probability distribution of probabilities.
Abstract: Convergence of Probability Measures. By P. Billingsley. Chichester, Sussex, Wiley, 1968. xii, 253 p. 9 1/4“. 117s.
5,689 citations
01 Jan 2015
3,828 citations
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors discuss existence, uniqueness, and structural stability of solutions of nonlinear differential equations of fractional order, and investigate the dependence of the solution on the order of the differential equation and on the initial condition.
3,047 citations