THERMAL SCIENCE

International Scientific Journal

Shuxian DengORCID

,

Xinxin Ge

FRACTIONAL FOKKER-PLANCK EQUATION IN A FRACTAL MEDIUM

ABSTRACT
This paper studies a fractal modification of Fokker-Planck equation for a heat conduction in a fractal medium. Fourier transform and Darboux transformation are used to solve the equation, some new results are obtained.
KEYWORDS
fractional Fokker-Planck equation, fractal Fourier transform, fractal media, Darboux transformation
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2018-03-22
PAPER REVISED: 2018-10-30
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2018-10-30
PUBLISHED ONLINE: 2020-06-21
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI2004589D
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THERMAL SCIENCE YEAR 2020, VOLUME 24, ISSUE No. 4, PAGES [2589 - 2595]
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