Fractional Calculus View of Complexity - Tomorrows Science

This book explains the quantitative reasoning required by the fractional calculus applied to complex physical, social, and biological phenomena. Fractional calculus is inextricably linked to complexity and provides a way to think systematically about complex phenomena without restricting it to a particular discipline. The book presents the case for science moving away from the fragmented disciplinary constructs devised to make the understanding of complex phenomena intellectually manageable, thus regaining its integrated nature as "natural philosophy" and underscoring how fractional calculus is the vehicle for accomplishing this task.

List of contents

Nomenclature. The Challenge of Complexity. Yesterday's Science. New Ways of Thinking. Simple Fractional Operators. Tomorrow’s Dynamics. Fractional Cooperation. What have we learned?

About the author

Bruce J. West

Product details

• Authors: Bruce J. West, West Bruce J.
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.10.2015
• EAN: 9781498738002
• ISBN: 978-1-4987-3800-2
• No. of pages: 304
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Physics, astronomy > General, dictionaries; MATHEMATICS / Applied, MATHEMATICS / Differential Equations / General, SCIENCE / Physics / Mathematical & Computational, MATHEMATICS / Functional Analysis, Mathematical physics, Differential calculus & equations, Maths for scientists, Functional analysis & transforms, Functional analysis and transforms, Differential calculus and equations, Mathematical / Computational / Theoretical physics