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High-order fractional linear differential equations do not describe stochastic processes with finite state space

P. Van Mieghem

math.PRarXiv:2611.02954

Abstract

The replacement of the classical derivative in the governing equation of a continuous-time Markov process with finite state space by a fractional derivative of arbitrary order α>1 produces solutions that are mathematically incompatible with the theory of stochastic processes.

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