The M-Wright function as a generalization of the Gaussian density for fractional diffusion processes

Fractional Calculus and Applied Analysis

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2013, Pages 436-453

  Pagnini, Gianni ^a,b  

^a BCAM BASQUE CENTER FOR APPLIED MATHEMATICS   (Spain)

^b BASQUE FOUNDATION FOR SCIENCE   (Spain)

Author keywords

Erd lyi Kober fractional diffusion; fractional diffusion; generalized grey Brownian motion; M Wright function

Indexed keywords

EID: 84879620364     PISSN: 13110454     EISSN: 13142444     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2478/s13540-013-0027-6     Document Type: Review

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