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Let $(-\Delta)_c^s$ be the realization of the fractional Laplace operator on the space of continuous functions $C_0(\mathbb{R})$, and let $(-\Delta_h)^s$ denote the discrete fractional Laplacian on $C_0(\mathbb{Z}_h)$, where $0<s<1$ and…

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