Approximations for the Caputo derivative (II)

Abstract

In the present paper we use the expansion formula of the polylogarithm function to construct approximations of the Caputo derivative which are related to the midpoint approximation of the integral in the definition of the Caputo derivative. The asymptotic expansion formula of the Riemann sum approximation of the beta function and the first terms of the expansion formulas of the approximations of the Caputo derivative of the power function are obtained in the paper. The induced shifted approximations of the Grünwald formula and the approximations of the Caputo derivative studied in the first part of the paper are constructed and applied for numerical solution of fractional differential equations.