1. Escola Superior de Tecnologia de Setúbal, Estefanilha, 2910-761 Setúbal, Portugal;2. Center for Research and Development in Mathematics and Applications, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
Abstract:
We define a symmetric derivative on an arbitrary nonempty closed subset of the real numbers and derive some of its properties. It is shown that real-valued functions defined on time scales that are neither delta nor nabla differentiable can be symmetric differentiable.