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A regularized representation of the fractional Laplacian in n dimensions and its relation to Weierstrass-Mandelbrot type fractal functions

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We demonstrate that the fractional Laplacian (FL) is the principal characteristic operator of harmonic systems with {\it self-similar} interparticle interactions. We show that the FL represents the ``{\it fractional continuum limit}'' of a discrete ``self-similar Laplacian" which is obtained by Hamilton's variational principle from a discrete spring model. We deduce from generalized self-similar elastic potentials regular representations for the FL which involve convolutions of symmetric finite difference operators of even orders extending the standard representation of the FL. Further we deduce a regularized representation for the FL $-(-\Delta)^{\frac{\alpha}{2}}$ holding for $\alpha\in \R \geq 0$. We give an explicit proof that the regularized representation of the FL gives for integer powers $\frac{\alpha}{2} \in \N_0$ a distributional representation of the standard Laplacian operator $\Delta$ including the trivial unity operator for $\alpha\rightarrow 0$. We demonstrate that self-similar {\it harmonic} systems are {\it all} governed in a distributional sense by this {\it regularized representation of the FL} which therefore can be conceived as characteristic footprint of self-similarity.
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hal-01101502 , version 1 (08-01-2015)

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Thomas Michelitsch, Gérard Maugin, Shahram Derogar, Rahman Mujibur. A regularized representation of the fractional Laplacian in n dimensions and its relation to Weierstrass-Mandelbrot type fractal functions: A regularized representation of the fractional Laplacian. IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics, 2014, SOURCE IMA Journal of Applied Mathematics, 79 (5), pp.753 - 777. ⟨10.1093/imamat/hxu018⟩. ⟨hal-01101502⟩
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