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Towards multifractional calculus

Mathematical Physics 2018-06-22 v2 High Energy Physics - Theory math.MP

Abstract

After motivating the need of a multiscale version of fractional calculus in quantum gravity, we review current proposals and the program to be carried out in order to reach a viable definition of scale-dependent fractional operators. We present different types of multifractional Laplacians and comment on their known or expected properties.

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@article{arxiv.1801.00396,
  title  = {Towards multifractional calculus},
  author = {Gianluca Calcagni},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:1801.00396},
  year   = {2018}
}

Comments

10 pages; v2: small clarifications and references added

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