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Fractional Calculus: Fractional Calculus Is A Branch of That Studies The Possibility of Taking Powers or Powers of The

Fractional calculus is a branch of mathematics that studies taking real or complex number powers of the differentiation operator D=d/dx. While integer-power derivatives depend only on nearby function values, fractional derivatives are nonlocal and depend on peripheral function values further away from the point. Therefore, fractional calculus requires some boundary conditions or information about the broader function.

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Fractional Calculus: Fractional Calculus Is A Branch of That Studies The Possibility of Taking Powers or Powers of The

Fractional calculus is a branch of mathematics that studies taking real or complex number powers of the differentiation operator D=d/dx. While integer-power derivatives depend only on nearby function values, fractional derivatives are nonlocal and depend on peripheral function values further away from the point. Therefore, fractional calculus requires some boundary conditions or information about the broader function.

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Fractional calculus

Fractional calculus is a branch of mathematical analysis that studies the possibility of taking
real number powers or complex number powers of the differentiation operator

D=d/dx

Nature of the fractional derivative:An important point is that the fractional derivative at a point x is a local property
only when a is an integer; in non-integer cases we cannot say that the fractional
derivative at x of a function f depends only on values of f very near x, in the way
that integer-power derivatives certainly do. Therefore it is expected that the theory
involves some sort of boundary conditions, involving information on the function
further out. To use a metaphor, the fractional derivative requires some peripheral
vision.

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