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Theory and Modern Applications

Table 1 Accuracy of Legendre spectral derivative of the different orders for two functions \((x+1)^{\alpha-1}\) and \(J_{0}(2\sqrt{x})\)

From: Fractional spectral differentiation matrices based on Legendre approximation

N

\(D^{\alpha}[(x+1)^{\alpha-1}]\)

\(D^{\alpha}[J_{0}(2\sqrt{x})]\)

α = 0.25

α = 0.50

α = 0.75

α = 0.25

α = 0.50

α = 0.75

5

1.34×10−4

2.31×10−4

2.34×10−4

1.30×10−7

5.64×10−7

1.72×10−6

10

2.00×10−8

3.69×10−8

4.13×10−8

8.88×10−16

8.88×10−16

2.77×10−15

15

3.00×10−12

5.68×10−12

6.79×10−12

   

20

7.77×10−16

2.55×10−15

2.02×10−15