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Geometric and Physical Interpretation of Fractional Integration and Fractional Differentiation
A solution to the more than 300-years old problem of geometric and physical
interpretation of fractional integration and differentiation (i.e., integration
and differentiation of an arbitrary real order) is suggested for the
Riemann-Liouville fractional integration and differentiation, the Caputo
fractional differentiation, the Riesz potential, and the Feller potential. It
is also generalized for giving a new geometric and physical interpretation of
more general convolution integrals of the Volterra type.
Besides this, a new physical interpretation is suggested for the Stieltjes
integral.Comment: 18 pages, 7 figures, 1 tabl
A note on comparison of scientific impact expressed by the number of citations in different fields of science
Citation distributions for 1992, 1994, 1996, 1997, 1999, and 2001, which were
published in the 2004 report of the National Science Foundation, USA, are
analyzed. It is shown that the ratio of the total number of citations of any
two broad fields of science remains close to constant over the analyzed years.
Based on this observation, normalization of total numbers of citations with
respect to the number of citations in mathematics is suggested as a tool for
comparing scientific impact expressed by the number of citations in different
fields of science.Comment: 5 pages, 1 tabl
Physical interpretation of initial conditions for fractional differential equations with Riemann-Liouville fractional derivatives
On a series of examples from the field of viscoelasticity we demonstrate that
it is possible to attribute physical meaning to initial conditions expressed in
terms of Riemann-Liouville fractional derivatives, and that it is possible to
obtain initial values for such initial conditions by appropriate measurements
or observations.Comment: LaTeX2e, 14 page
Paradoxes of Subdiffusive Infiltration in Disordered Systems
Infiltration of diffusing particles from one material to another where the
diffusion mechanism is either normal or anomalous is a widely observed
phenomena. When the diffusion is anomalous we find interesting behaviors:
diffusion may lead to an averaged net drift from one material to another
even if all particles eventually flow in the opposite direction, or may lead to
a flow without drift. Starting with an underlying continuous time random walk
model we solve diffusion equations describing this problem. Similar drift
against flow is found in the quenched trap model. We argue that such a behavior
is a general feature of diffusion in disordered systems.Comment: 5 pages, 2 figure
Responsive Graphical User Interface (ReGUI) and its Implementation in MATLAB
In this paper we introduce the responsive graphical user interface (ReGUI)
approach to creating applications, and demonstrate how this approach can be
implemented in MATLAB. The same general technique can be used in other
programming languages.Comment: 8 pages, 3 figure
Transform of Riccati equation of constant coefficients through fractional procedure
We use a particular fractional generalization of the ordinary differential
equations that we apply to the Riccati equation of constant coefficients. By
this means the latter is transformed into a modified Riccati equation with the
free term expressed as a power of the independent variable which is of the same
order as the order of the applied fractional derivative. We provide the
solutions of the modified equation and employ the results for the case of the
cosmological Riccati equation of FRW barotropic cosmologies that has been
recently introduced by FaraoniComment: 7 pages, 2 figure
The Little Prince -- The Lost Chapter
A lost chapter from Antoine de Saint-Exupéry\u27s Le Petite Prince about the Little Prince visiting a mathematician, written in French in the style of the original work, is presented along with several translations
State space description of national economies: the V4 countries
We present a new approach to description of national economies. For this we
use the state space viewpoint, which is used mostly in the theory of dynamical
systems and in the control theory. Gross domestic product, inflation, and
unemployment rates are taken as state variables. We demonstrate that for the
considered period of time the phase trajectory of each of the V4 countries
(Slovak Republic, Czech Republic, Hungary, and Poland) lies approximately in
one plane, so that the economic development of each country can be assocated
with a corresponding plane in the state space. The suggested approach opens a
way to a new set of economic indicators (for example, normal vectors of
national economies, various plane slopes, 2D angles between the planes
corresponding to different economies, etc.).
The tool used for computations is orthogonal regression (alias orthogonal
distance regression, alias total least squares method), and we also give
general arguments for using orthogonal regression instead of the classical
regression based on the least squares method.
A MATLAB routine for fitting 3D data to lines and planes in 3D is provided.Comment: 13 pages, 18 figure
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