In mathematics, the combined differentiation/integration operator used in fractional calculus is called the differintegral, and it has a few different forms which are all equivalent. (provided that they are initialized(used) properly.)
This gives us integration to an arbitrary order. To get differentation to an arbitrary order, we simply integrate to arbitrary order n-q, and differentiate the result to integer order n. (We choose n and q so that n is the smallest positive integer greater than or equal to q (that is, the ceiling of q)):
The Grunwald-Letnikov differintegral(GL). -This has an interesting form. It may provide some geometric insight into fractional calculus if we can develop a good intepretation of it. This also poses fewer restrictions on the function being differintegrated. It is a generalization of the infinite Riemann Sum[?] which defines integer-order integration in calculus. It uses the Binomial coefficient (generalized by the gamma function to arbitrary domain), commonly used in the branch of mathematics called counting[?].:
The Weyl differintegral. -This is very similiar to the Riemann-Louiville differintegral. The most important difference is that its upper bound is infinity.
Any function can be defined in a space isomorphic to a space which it has been shown to be defined in. We therefore define the differintegral via its behavior in certain transformed spaces corresponding to some common transformations.
The Fourier Transform. -Firstly, we define differintegration in Fourier space (using the continuous Fourier transform, here denoted F). In Fourier space, differentation transforms into a simple translation:
"An Introduction to the Fractional Calculus and Fractional Differential Equations"
by Kenneth S. Miller, Bertram Ross (Editor)
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"The Fractional Calculus; Theory and Applications of Differentiation and Integration to Arbitrary Order (Mathematics in Science and Engineering, V)"
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