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We discuss an Adams-type predictor-corrector method for the numericalsolution of fractional differential equations. The method may be usedboth for linear and for nonlinear problems, and it may be extended tomulti-term equations (involving more than one differential operator)too.
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Diethelm, K., Ford, N.J. & Freed, A.D. A Predictor-Corrector Approach for the Numerical Solution of Fractional Differential Equations. Nonlinear Dynamics 29, 3–22 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1023/A:1016592219341
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