Fractional derivatives of the H-function of several variables (Q1058024)

In the present paper the authors derive a number of fractional derivative formulas involving the multivariable H-function which was introduced and studied in a series of earlier papers by \textit{H. M. Srivastava} and \textit{R. Panda} [cf., e.g., J. Reine Angew. Math. 283/284, 265-274 (1976; Zbl 0315.33003); ibid. 288, 129-145 (1976; Zbl 0326.33004); Comment. Math. Univ. St. Pauli 24, 119-137 (1975; Zbl 0315.33004); ibid. 25 (1976), 167- 197 (1977; Zbl 0342.33017); Indagationes Math. 40, 118-131 and 132-144 (1978; Zbl 0362.44004); ibid. 41, 353-362 (1979; Zbl 0393.33004)]; see also \textit{H. M. Srivastava}, \textit{K. C. Gupta} and \textit{S. P. Goyal} [The H-functions of one and two variables with applications (1982; Zbl 0506.33007), see p. 251, Equation (C.1) et seq.]. The proof of one of these formulas, associated with a product of two multivariable H-functions, makes use of the generalized Leibniz rule for fractional derivatives. Each of the results obtained in this paper is shown to apply to yield new fractional derivative representations for certain multivariable hypergeometric functions and, in addition, several known results due, for example, to \textit{J. L. Lavoie}, \textit{T. J. Osler} and \textit{R. Tremblay} [SIAM Rev. 18, 240-268 (1976; Zbl 0324.44002)], \textit{H. L. Manocha} and \textit{B. L. Sharma} [J. Austral. Math. Soc. 6, 470-476 (1966; Zbl 0151.080); J. Indian Math. Soc., New Ser. 38 (1974), 371-382 (1975; Zbl 0357.33001)], and \textit{R. K. Raina} and \textit{C. L. Koul} [Jñānābha, Sect. A. 7, 97-105 (1977; Zbl 0435.33004)].