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A comment on a controversial issue: a Generalized Fractional Derivative cannot have a regular kernel

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2021-06-29 v2

Abstract

The problem whether a given pair of functions can be used as the kernels of a generalized fractional derivative and the associated generalized fractional integral is reduced to the problem of existence of a solution to the Sonine equation. It is shown for some selected classes of functions that a necessary condition for a function to be the kernel of a fractional derivative is an integrable singularity at 0. It is shown that locally integrable completely monotone functions satisfy the Sonine equation if and only if they are singular at 0.

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@article{arxiv.2003.04385,
  title  = {A comment on a controversial issue: a Generalized Fractional Derivative cannot have a regular kernel},
  author = {Andrzej Hanyga},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2003.04385},
  year   = {2021}
}

Comments

The discussion of sLICM functions with a logarithmic singularity has been expanded in a separate section

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