scientific article; zbMATH DE number 1134993

Publication date 30 March 1998

Bessel equation Euler transform fractional calculus fractional derivatives fractional differintegration fractional integrals generalized Leibniz rule Mellin transform Nishimoto's integral transform nonhomogeneous Fukuhara equation nonhomogeneous Gauss equation

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Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to real functions (26-02) Fractional derivatives and integrals (26A33) Research exposition (monographs, survey articles) pertaining to ordinary differential equations (34-02) Analytical theory of ordinary differential equations: series, transformations, transforms, operational calculus, etc. (34A25) Ordinary differential equations in the complex domain (34M99)

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The volume V of this series of monographs is in continuation of the earlier volumes on fractional calculus written by the author as an outcome of his own researches in the field of fractional calculus and related fields. [For the reviews of Volumes I (1984), II (1987), III (1989), and IV (1991), see Zbl 0605.26006, Zbl 0702.26011, Zbl 0798.26005, and Zbl 0798.26006, respectively.] Like the earlier volumes, this monograph also depicts various applications of \(N\)-fractional calculus to some differential equations. The definition of the \(N\)-fractional calculus of the author is as follows: Let \(D= \{\underset {-} D,\underset {+} D\}\), \(C= \{\underset {-} D,\underset {+} C\}\), \(\underset {-} C\) be a curve along the cut joining two points \(z\) and \(-\infty+ i\text{ Im}(z)\), \(\underset {+} C\) be a curve along the cut joining two points \(z\) and \(\infty+ i\text{ Im}(z)\), \(\underset {-} D\) be a domain surrounded by \(\underset {-} C\), \(\underset {+} D\) be a domain surrounded by \(\underset{+} C\). Moreover, let \(f= f(z)\) be a regular function in \(D\) \((z\in D)\); \[ f_v= (f)_v=_C(f)_v= {\Gamma(v+1)\over 2\pi i} \int_C {f(\zeta)\over (\zeta- z)^{v+1}} d\zeta\quad (v\not\in\overline\mathbb{Z}), \] \[ (f)_{-m}= \lim_{v\to-m} (f)_v\quad (m\in\mathbb{Z}^+); \] where \(-\pi\leq \arg(\zeta- z)\leq \pi\) for \(\underset {-} C\), \(0\leq\arg(\zeta- z)\leq 2\pi\) for \(C_+\), \(\zeta\neq z\); then \((f)_v\) is the fractional differintegration of arbitrary order \(v\) (derivatives of order \(v\) for \(v>0\), and integrals of order \(-v\) for \(v<0\)), with respect to \(z\), of the function \(f\), if \(| (f)_v|< \infty\). The salient features of this monograph are as follows: In Chapter 1, fractional calculus of some special functions and solution of the Gauss equation are derived. Nishimoto's integral transform and its inverse are applied in solving some linear ordinary differential equations and nonhomogeneous Bessel equations in Chapter 2. The concluding Chapter 3 deals with the \(N\)-fractional calculus operator \(N^v\) and its use in finding the solution of the nonhomogeneous Gauss equation, Bessel equation, nonhomogeneous Fukuhara equation, expanded Gauss type nonhomogeneous ordinary differential equation, etc. The presentation of the subject matter is excellent. It is very well written and hence it may be used as a text or a reference book for research workers in the field of fractional calculus, special functions, integral equations and differential equations. The contents of Volumes 1-10 of the Journal of Fractional Calculus, given at the end of the monograph, will further enhance its utility.

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