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How Many Fractional Derivatives Are There?

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  • Duarte Valério

    (IDMEC, Instituto Superior Técnico, Universidade de Lisboa, 1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal)

  • Manuel D. Ortigueira

    (Centre of Technology and Systems–UNINOVA and Department of Electrical Engineering, NOVA School of Science and Technology of NOVA University of Lisbon, Quinta da Torre, 2829-516 Caparica, Portugal)

  • António M. Lopes

    (LAETA/INEGI, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, 4200-465 Porto, Portugal)

Abstract

In this paper, we introduce a unified fractional derivative , defined by two parameters (order and asymmetry). From this, all the interesting derivatives can be obtained. We study the one-sided derivatives and show that most known derivatives are particular cases. We consider also some myths of Fractional Calculus and false fractional derivatives. The results are expected to contribute to limit the appearance of derivatives that differ from existing ones just because they are defined on distinct domains, and to prevent the ambiguous use of the concept of fractional derivative.

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  • Duarte Valério & Manuel D. Ortigueira & António M. Lopes, 2022. "How Many Fractional Derivatives Are There?," Mathematics, MDPI, vol. 10(5), pages 1-18, February.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jmathe:v:10:y:2022:i:5:p:737-:d:759104
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