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Revisiting the derivation of the fractional diffusion equation

Disordered Systems and Neural Networks 2016-11-23 v2 Statistical Mechanics

Abstract

The fractional diffusion equation is derived from the master equation of continuous-time random walks (CTRWs) via a straightforward application of the Gnedenko-Kolmogorov limit theorem. The Cauchy problem for the fractional diffusion equation is solved in various important and general cases. The meaning of the proper diffusion limit for CTRWs is discussed.

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@article{arxiv.cond-mat/0210166,
  title  = {Revisiting the derivation of the fractional diffusion equation},
  author = {Enrico Scalas and Rudolf Gorenflo and Francesco Mainardi and Marco Raberto},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:cond-mat/0210166},
  year   = {2016}
}

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Paper presented at the International Workshop on Scaling and Disordered Systems, Paris, France, 13-14 April 2000