Caputo Fractional Derivative
There is another option for computing fractional derivatives; the Caputo fractional derivative. It was introduced by M. Caputo in 1967 in his celebrated paper. In contrast to the Riemann Liouville fractional derivative, when solving differential equations using Caputo's definition, it is not necessary to define the fractional order initial conditions. Caputo's definition is illustrated as follows.
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