Applications of fractional calculus in physics

An introduction to fractional calculus. Various approaches to fractional integro-differentiation. Emergence of fractional calculus in statistical physics. Fractional and path integrals. Fractional models in mathematical physics. Fractional calculus in thermodynamics. Applications to problems in nonlinear dynamics. Applications to problems in biophysics. Applications to problem in polymer physics and rheology. Relations between fractional calculus and fractals.

This volume provides an introduction to fractional calculus for physicists, and collect easily accessible review articles surveying those areas of physics in which applications of fractional calculus have recently become prominent.