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mathematical analysis > functional analysis > fractional calculus

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fractional calculus  

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  • Fractional calculus is a branch of mathematical analysis that studies the several different possibilities of defining real number powers or complex number powers of the differentiation operator

    and of the integration operator

    and developing a calculus for such operators generalizing the classical one.

    (Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fractional_calculus)

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