The Fractional Complex Step Method
Author(s) -
Rabha W. Ibrahim,
Hamid A. Jalab
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
discrete dynamics in nature and society
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.264
H-Index - 39
eISSN - 1607-887X
pISSN - 1026-0226
DOI - 10.1155/2013/515973
Subject(s) - fractional calculus , operator (biology) , mathematics , differential operator , time scale calculus , stability (learning theory) , calculus (dental) , function (biology) , computer science , mathematical analysis , multivariable calculus , medicine , biochemistry , chemistry , dentistry , repressor , control engineering , machine learning , evolutionary biology , biology , transcription factor , engineering , gene
It is well known that the complex step method is a tool that calculates derivatives by imposing a complex step in a strict sense. We extended the method by employing the fractional calculus differential operator in this paper. The fractional calculus can be taken in the sense of the Caputo operator, Riemann-Liouville operator, and so forth. Furthermore, we derived several approximations for computing the fractional order derivatives. Stability of the generalized fractional complex step approximations is demonstrated for an analytic test function
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