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 .
Francesco Mainardi, Armando Consiglio, "The Pioneers of the Mittag-Leffler Functions in Dielectrical and Mechanical Relaxation Processes," WSEAS Transactions on Mathematics, vol. 19, pp. 289-300, 2020, DOI:10.37394/23206.2020.19.29
Francesco Mainardi, Armando Consiglio. The Pioneers of the Mittag-Leffler Functions in Dielectrical and Mechanical Relaxation Processes.
WSEAS Transactions on Mathematics. 2020;19:289-300. 10.37394/23206.2020.19.29