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Calculus of variations, carus monograph open court publishing co. Fomin moscow state university revised english edition translated and edit. Fractional calculus is a generalization of integer differ ential calculus, allowing to define derivatives. Gelfand in the mechanics and mathematics department of moscow state university.
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