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= Solution

If $BC=CB$, the splitting commutator vanishes, but the backward-Euler resolvents still contribute
$$
\frac{k^2}{2}(B^2+C^2)+O(k^3).
$$
\b[Thus commutativity alone does not change the order: the local error remains $O(k^2)$ and the global method remains first order, barring an additional special cancellation.]

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