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We point out a major flaw in the so-called conformable calculus. We demonstrate why it fails at defining a fractional order derivative and where exactly these tempting conformability properties come from.
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Abdelhakim, A.A. The Flaw in the Conformable Calculus: It is Conformable Because It isNot Fractional. FCAA 22, 242–254 (2019). https://doi.org/10.1515/fca-2019-0016
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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1515/fca-2019-0016