Special Functions: Fractional Calculus and the Pathway for Entropy

• 1. Verfasser: Hans J. Haubold (Ed.) (auth)
• Format: Elektronisch Buchkapitel
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlicht: MDPI - Multidisciplinary Digital Publishing Institute 2018
• Schlagworte: Physics; geometrical probabilities; fractional calculus; mathematical physics; applied analysis; entropic functional; statistical distributions; multivariate analysis; special functions
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Historically, the notion of entropy emerged in conceptually very distinct contexts. This book deals with the connection between entropy, probability, and fractional dynamics as they appeared, for example, in solar neutrino astrophysics since the 1970's (Mathai and Rathie 1975, Mathai and Pederz...