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7 Citations
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27 July 2022

The beta integral method proved itself as a simple but nonetheless powerful method for generating hypergeometric identities at a fixed argument. In this paper, we propose a generalization by substituting the beta density with a particular type of Mei...

(This article belongs to the Section B: Mathematics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
1,892 Views
20 Pages

New Fractional Integral Inequalities Involving the Fox-H and Meijer-G Functions for Convex and Synchronous Functions

  • Asifa Tassaddiq,
  • Carlo Cattani,
  • Rabab Alharbi,
  • Dalal Khalid Almutairi and
  • Ruhaila Md Kasmani

On the one hand, convex functions are important to derive rigorous convergence rates, and on the other, synchronous functions are significant to solve statistical problems using Chebyshev inequalities. Therefore, fractional integral inequalities invo...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Contemporary Methods of Fractional Order Differential and Differential-Operator Equations)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1,299 Views
17 Pages

Evaluations of Some General Classes of Mordell Integrals by Applying the Mellin-Barnes-Type Contour Integration

  • Hari Mohan Srivastava,
  • Mohd Idris Qureshi,
  • Mohd Shahid Baboo and
  • Bhawna Gupta

14 August 2025

In this paper, motivated by the contributions of several researchers, including (for example) Riemann, Kronecker, Lerch, Ramanujan, and Glaisher on some special integrals known as Mordell’s integrals, we consider the problem of the evaluation o...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Theory of Functions and Applications, 3rd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
7 Citations
3,106 Views
16 Pages

3 January 2023

Using Mellin-Barnes contour integrals, we aim at suggesting a q-analogue (q-extension) of the several variable Aleph-function. Then we present Riemann Liouville fractional q-integral and q-differential formulae for the q-extended several variable Ale...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Quantum Theory and Quantum Computing)
  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
3,231 Views
8 Pages

29 January 2020

In this study, a novel and exact closed-form expression for detection probability of energy detection (ED) in terms of Meijer’s G-function over α-μ generalized fading channels was derived. It is more accurate and practical than the exi...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Intelligent Systems in Sensor Networks and Internet of Things)
  • Article
  • Open Access
524 Views
16 Pages

12 May 2026

We extend the classical Euler-type integral representations for the Appell functions F1, F2, and F3, to the appropriate Kampé de Fériet functions by using integration against the Meijer–Nørlund G-function. In particular, th...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Special Functions and Related Topics, 2nd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
918 Views
19 Pages

A non-homogeneous fractional differential equation with a variable coefficient involving a Caputo fractional derivative is considered. The equation is first transformed into an integral equation and then solved using the method of successive approxim...

(This article belongs to the Section Deterministic Mathematics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
2,511 Views
17 Pages

On the Communication Performance of Airborne Distributed Coherent Radar

  • Qinhao Wu,
  • Bo Zhang,
  • Hongqiang Wang and
  • Jinlin Peng

22 June 2022

Compared with a monostatic radar, airborne distributed coherent radar (ADCR) has been widely applied thanks to its flexibility, greater degree of freedom, stronger detection, and anti-jamming ability. Unlike distributed ground-based radar, the precon...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Perception, Navigation, and Control for Unmanned Aerial Vehicles)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,142 Views
23 Pages

14 February 2024

We extend previous research to derive three additional M-1-dimensional integral representations over the interval [0,1]. The prior version covered the interval [0,∞]. This extension applies to products of M Slater orbitals, since they (and wave...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Advances in Generalized Hypergeometric Functions, Integral Transforms and Number Theory)
  • Article
  • Open Access
2 Citations
4,052 Views
5 Pages

31 December 2015

This is a brief exposition of some statistical techniques utilized to obtain several useful integral equations involving G-functions.

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Special Functions: Fractional Calculus and the Pathway for Entropy Dedicated to Professor Dr. A.M. Mathai on the occasion of his 80th Birthday)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,684 Views
16 Pages

Capturing a Change in the Covariance Structure of a Multivariate Process

  • Andriette Bekker,
  • Johannes T. Ferreira,
  • Schalk W. Human and
  • Karien Adamski

13 January 2022

This research is inspired from monitoring the process covariance structure of q attributes where samples are independent, having been collected from a multivariate normal distribution with known mean vector and unknown covariance matrix. The focus is...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetry in Multivariate Analysis)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
582 Views
34 Pages

24 March 2026

Addition theorems have been indispensable tools for the reduction of quantum transition amplitudes. They are normally utilized at the start of the process to move the angular dependence within plane waves, Coulomb potentials, and the like, into a sum...

  • Article
  • Open Access
4 Citations
1,536 Views
23 Pages

This study investigates the performance of a mixed dual-hop free-space optical/underwater wireless optical communication (FSO-UWOC) system employing a decode-and-forward (DF) relay protocol, particularly under a comprehensive hybrid channel fading mo...

  • Article
  • Open Access
120 Views
19 Pages

22 October 2026

Free-space optical (FSO) communication offers high-capacity wireless connectivity but is highly susceptible to atmospheric impairments in arid and dust-prone environments. This paper presents a closed-form outage analysis for FSO links subject to Bet...

(This article belongs to the Section Computer Science & Engineering)
  • Feature Paper
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,329 Views
14 Pages

6 August 2024

Needed for cosmological and stellar nucleosynthesis, we are studying the closed-form analytic evaluation of thermonuclear reaction rates. In this context, we undertake a comprehensive analysis of three largely distinct velocity distributions, namely...

  • Article
  • Open Access
357 Views
18 Pages

Analytic Umbral Transmutations and Bessel Moments

  • Roberto Ricci and
  • Giuseppe Dattoli

25 July 2026

We apply the recently proposed analytic extension of formal indicial umbral calculus to the evaluation and structural interpretation of Bessel moments, replacing formal symbolic constructions with Mellin–Barnes analytic transmutations. The clas...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Symmetries of Difference Equations, Special Functions and Orthogonal Polynomials: 3rd Edition)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,096 Views
31 Pages

Uncertain Asymptotic Stability Analysis of a Fractional-Order System with Numerical Aspects

  • Safoura Rezaei Aderyani,
  • Reza Saadati,
  • Donal O’Regan and
  • Fehaid Salem Alshammari

19 March 2024

We apply known special functions from the literature (and these include the Fox H–function, the exponential function, the Mittag-Leffler function, the Gauss Hypergeometric function, the Wright function, the G–function, the Fox–Wrigh...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractional Calculus: Advances and Applications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,613 Views
17 Pages

In this paper, the secrecy performance of a mixed free space optical (FSO)/radio frequency (RF) integrated satellite-high altitude platform (HAP) relaying networks for terrestrial multiusers with the existence of an eavesdropper is investigated. In t...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Optical Wireless Communication (OWC) Systems)
  • Review
  • Open Access
20 Citations
4,561 Views
39 Pages

18 January 2024

In the survey Kiryakova: “A Guide to Special Functions in Fractional Calculus” (published in this same journal in 2021) we proposed an overview of this huge class of special functions, including the Fox H-functions, the Fox–Wright g...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Integral Transforms and Special Functions in Applied Mathematics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
3,901 Views
19 Pages

Secrecy Analysis of LEO Satellite-to-Ground Station Communication System Influenced by Gamma-Shadowed Ricean Fading

  • Ivan Radojkovic,
  • Jelena Anastasov,
  • Dejan N. Milic,
  • Predrag Ivaniš and
  • Goran T. Djordjevic

The Low Earth Orbit (LEO) small satellites are extensively used for global connectivity to enable services in underpopulated, remote or underdeveloped areas. Their inherent broadcast nature exposes LEO–terrestrial communication links to severe...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue New Advances of Microwave and Optical Communication)
  • Article
  • Open Access
527 Views
15 Pages

24 July 2026

This work analyzes the ergodic capacity behavior of reconfigurable intelligent surface (RIS)-assisted multiple-input multiple-output (MIMO) systems with a finite and arbitrary number of antennas and RIS elements under Nakagami-m fading conditions. By...

  • Review
  • Open Access
64 Citations
9,319 Views
40 Pages

5 January 2021

Dedicated to the memory of Professor Richard Askey (1933–2019) and to pay tribute to the Bateman Project. Harry Bateman planned his “shoe-boxes” project (accomplished after his death as Higher Transcendental Functions, Vols. 1–3, 1953–1955, under the...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Special Functions with Applications to Mathematical Physics)
  • Article
  • Open Access
11 Citations
1,499 Views
20 Pages

The Riemann-Liuoville fractional integrals are the simplest and most popular operators of the classical fractional calculus. But their variants, the Erdélyi-Kober operators of fractional integration, have many more applications due to the free...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Contemporary Methods of Fractional Order Differential and Differential-Operator Equations)
  • Article
  • Open Access
3 Citations
1,612 Views
12 Pages

24 September 2024

In this paper, we analyze the confidentiality of a hybrid radio frequency (RF)/free-space optical (FSO) system with regard to physical layer security (PLS). In this system, signals are transmitted between the source and destination using RF and FSO l...

(This article belongs to the Section Optical Communication and Network)
  • Article
  • Open Access
10 Citations
2,367 Views
16 Pages

6 July 2023

To improve the performance of fee-space optical communication systems, this paper analyzes the performance of a relay-aided hybrid fee-space optical (FSO)/radio frequency (RF) cooperation system based on a selective combination and decoding forward t...

(This article belongs to the Section Communications)
  • Article
  • Open Access
1 Citations
2,091 Views
18 Pages

This paper proposes a generalized space time block coded (GSTBC) enhanced fully optical generalized spatial modulation (EFOGSM) system based on Málaga (M) turbulent channel. GSTBC-EFOGSM adopts the hybrid concept of generalized space time bloc...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Application of Adaptive Optics Theory and Technology in Optical Wireless Communication)
  • Review
  • Open Access
35 Citations
4,255 Views
35 Pages

21 December 2020

Evaluation of images of special functions under operators of fractional calculus has become a hot topic with hundreds of recently published papers. These are growing daily and we are able to comment here only on a few of them, including also some of...

(This article belongs to the Special Issue Fractional Integrals and Derivatives: “True” versus “False”)