An Historical Perspective on Fractional Calculus in Linear Viscoelasticity

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The article provides an historical survey of the early contributions on the applications of fractional calculus in linear viscoelasticty.

• The period under examination covers four decades, since 1930's up to 1970's and authors are from both Western and Eastern countries.
• References to more recent contributions may be found in the bibliography of the author's book.
• This paper reproduces, with Publisher's permission, Section 3.5 of the book: F.