Fractional Calculus for Skeptics I: The Fractal Paradigm

This book is the first of its kind on fractional calculus (FC), dedicated to advocating for FC in STEM education and research.

Bruce J. West, a Physics Ph.D. from the University of Rochester 1970, was the Chief Scientist in Mathematical and Information Science at the Army Research Office of the US, 1999-2021. His awards include the Presidential Meritorious Rank Award 2012 (Obama) and Presidential Distinguished Rank Award 2017 (Trump).

YangQuan Chen, a Clarivate Highly Cited Researcher, earned his Ph.D. from Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, in 1998. He is a professor at the School of Engineering, University of California, Merced. His research interests include smart control engineering via digital twins, applied fractional calculus in STEM.