A Dimensional Clarification and a Missing Moment Condition in Anomalous Diffusion Models with Sonin Kernels
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This technical comment examines two points in Section 4 of Alkandari, Loutchko and Luchko, Anomalous Diffusion Models Involving Regularized General Fractional Derivatives with Sonin Kernels (Fractal and Fractional 9 (2025), 363; DOI: 10.3390/fractalfract9060363). For the equation on R^n, the total mean-squared displacement is 2n times the time integral of the associated Sonin kernel; the formula without n remains valid in one dimension or for a single coordinate. A Gaussian counterexample demonstrates that finite jump variance alone does not imply the leading quadratic Fourier expansion: centering is needed, together with isotropic covariance for an n-dimensional Laplacian limit. The note provides proofs, sufficient moment conditions and a Caputo half-order example. Includes the three-page manuscript, LaTeX source and reproducible SymPy checks. This independent preprint has not been peer reviewed.
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- M. Alkandari, D. Loutchko and Y. Luchko (2025). Anomalous Diffusion Models Involving Regularized General Fractional Derivatives with Sonin Kernels. Fractal and Fractional 9(6), 363. https://doi.org/10.3390/fractalfract9060363