Finite Difference Method (FDM)
un.uobasrah.edu.iq/lectures/13717.pdfFinite difference method 1.1 Introduction The finite difference approximation derivatives are one of the simplest and of the oldest methods to solve differential equation. It was already known by L .Euler (1707-1783) is one dimension of space and was probably extended to dimension two by C. Runge (1856-1927). The advent of finite difference
Finite Difference Approximations
web.mit.edu/16.90/BackUp/www/pdfs/Chapter12.pdfFinite difference approximations can also be one-sided. For example, a backward difference approximation is, Uxi ≈ 1 ∆x (Ui −Ui−1)≡δ − x Ui, (97) and a forward difference approximation is, Uxi ≈ 1 ∆x (Ui+1 −Ui)≡δ + x Ui. (98) Exercise 1. Write a MATLAB function which computes the central difference approximation at nodes