1 SyllabusforIntroductiontoFractionalCalculus - 000

This syllabus outlines a 20-hour mini-course on Introduction to Fractional Calculus taught over 5 weeks. The course will cover topics such as Laplace and Fourier transforms, fractional calculus, fractional diffusion equations, and time-space fractional equations. Suggested reading materials are provided to supplement the biweekly lectures and exercises held on Tuesdays and Thursdays from 9-11 AM in Room 110.

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Syllabus for Introduction to Fractional Calculus

Non-credit 20 hours of Lectures and Exercises by Prof Francesco MAINARDI

The Division of Applied Mathematics, Brown University
April 14 -May 14, 2015
The 2-hour lectures will be held by Professor F. Mainardi on Tuesdays
and Thursdays from 9:00 AM to 11:00 AM in Room 110 at 182 George
Street
The course is scheduled for 5 weeks starting on Tuesday April 14 and
ending on Thursday May 14, 2015.
The class/home works will be graded by a teaching assistant.
This mini-course is for Graduate students, however, advanced juniors and
seniors are welcomed. No registration required.

Hours Lecture contents

1-2 Laplace and Fourier transforms Exercises
3-4 Eulerian and Mittag-Leffler functions Exercises
5-6 Error, Bessel and Wright functions Exercises
7-8 Fractional calculus in R+ Exercises
9-10 Fractional calculus in R Exercises
11-12 Abel integral equations Exercises
13-14 Fractional relaxation and oscillations Exercises
15-16 Time fractional diffusion wave equations Exercises
17-18 Space fractional diffusion-wave equations Exercises
19-20 Time-space fractional diffusion-wave equations Exercises

Suggested texts

1. G. B. Arfken, H. J. Weber and F. E. Harris, Mathematical Methods for

Physicists, (7-th ed.), Elsevier, Oxford, 2012.
2. D. Baleanu, K. Diethelm, E. Scalas and J. Trujillo, Fractional Calculus:
Models and Numerical Methods World Scientific, Singapore, 2012.
3. B. Davies, Integral Transforms and Their Applications, (3-rd ed.), Springer-
Verlag, New York, 2002.
4. R. Gorenflo, A. A Kilbas, F. Mainardi and S. V. Rogosin, Mittag-Leffler
Functions. Related Topics and Applications, Springer, Berlin, 2014.
5. R. Gorenflo and F. Mainardi , Fractional calculus, integral and differential
equations of fractional order, in A. Carpinteri and F. Mainardi (Editors),
Fractals and Fractional Calculus in Continuum Mechanics, Springer Ver-
lag, Wien,1997, pp. 223-276. [E-print http://arxiv.org/abs/0805.3823]
6. A.A Kilbas, H.M. Srivastava, and J.J. Trujillo, J.J. (2006). Theory and
Applications of Fractional Differential Equations, Elsevier, Amsterdam,
2006
7. F. Mainardi, Fractional calculus, some basic problems in continuum and
statistical mechanics, in A. Carpinteri and F. Mainardi (Editors), Frac-
tals and Fractional Calculus in Continuum Mechanics, Springer Verlag,
Wien,1997, pp. 291-348. [[E-print http://arxiv.org/abs/1201.0863]
8. F. Mainardi, Methods and Problems in Mathematical Physics. Lectures
Notes, University of Bologna.
9. F. Mainardi, Fractional Calculus and Waves in Linear Viscoelasticity, Im-
perial College Press, London, 2010.
10. I. Podlubny, Fractional Differential Equations, Academic Press, San Diego,
1999.