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On some geometric interpretations of fractional-order operators

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Abstract

This discussion paper presents some parts of the work in progress. It is shown that G.W. Leibniz was the first who raised the question about geometric interpretation of fractional-order operators. Geometric interpretations of the Riemann--Liouville fractional integral and the Stieltjes integral are explained. Then, for the first time, a geometric interpretation of the Stieltjes derivatives is introduced, which holds also for so-called ``fractal derivatives'', which are a particular case of Stieltjes derivatives.

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@article{arxiv.2411.12494,
  title  = {On some geometric interpretations of fractional-order operators},
  author = {Igor Podlubny},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2411.12494},
  year   = {2024}
}

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3 pages, 4 figures. This work has been submitted as discussion paper 074 and presented as talk WeB02.2 (Wednesday, July 9, 2024, 16:40-17:00) at \textit {ICFDA'2024 -- 12th IFAC Conference on Fractional Differentiation and its Applications, Bordeaux, France, July 9--12, 2024.}