How Many Fractional Derivatives Are There?

Duarte Valério, Manuel D. Ortigueira, António M. Lopes

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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.

Original languageEnglish
Article number737
Number of pages18
JournalMathematics
Volume10
Issue number5
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 25 Feb 2022

Keywords

  • fractional calculus
  • fractional derivative
  • signals and systems

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