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When $0<\alpha<1$, the approximation for the Caputo derivative $$y^{(\alpha)}(x) = \frac{1}{\Gamma(2-\alpha)h^\alpha}\sum_{k=0}^n \sigma_k^{(\alpha)} y(x-kh)+O\bigl(h^{2-\alpha}\bigr),$$ where $\sigma_0^{(\alpha)} = 1, \sigma_n^{(\alpha)} =…
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