The Pioneers of the Mittag-Leffler Functions in Dielectrical and Mechanical Relaxation Processes
arXiv:2006.07653 · doi:10.37394/23206.2020.19.29
Abstract
We start with a short survey of the basic properties of the Mittag-Leffler functions. Then we focus on the key role of these functions to explain the after-effects and relaxation phenomena occurring in dielectrics and in viscoelastic bodies. For this purpose we recall the main aspects that were formerly discussed by two pioneers in the years 1930's-1940's whom we have identified with Harold T. Davis and Bernhard Gross.
13 pages, 9 figures. arXiv admin note: text overlap with arXiv:1305.0161