Multiple (multiindex) Mittag-Leffler functions and relations to generalized fractional calculus (Q1571022)

The Mittag-Leffler functions were studied by Agarwal, Humbert, Dzrbashjan, and others in the 1950s, but not a lot of attention has been given to them since. The functions under consideration here are the generalizations \[ E_{(1/ \rho_i), (\mu_i)}(z)= \sum^\infty_{k=0} {z^k\over\Gamma (\mu_1+k/ \rho_1) \cdots \Gamma(\mu_m+k/ \rho_m)}, \] which are interesting cases of Wright's generalization of the hypergeometric function and of Fox's \(H\)-function. Examples of special cases are displayed. Connections are obtained with various generalized fractional integral operators and with the solutions of differential and integral equations. A convolution relation is derived and the appropriate Borel-Laplace integral transform and its inverse is developed. The details of some of the proofs, the connection with the \(m\)-dimensional Laplace transformation, other representations, and additional results are promised in another paper.