Finite difference - Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Finite_differenceA finite difference is a mathematical expression of the form f (x + b) − f (x + a).If a finite difference is divided by b − a, one gets a difference quotient.The approximation of derivatives by finite differences plays a central role in finite difference methods for the numerical solution of differential equations, especially boundary value problems.
Finite difference - Wikipedia
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Finite_differenceIn an analogous way, one can obtain finite difference approximations to higher order derivatives and differential operators. For example, by using the above central difference formula for f ′(x + h/2) and f ′(x − h/2) and applying a central difference formula for the derivative of f ′ at x, we obtain the central difference approximation of the second derivative of f: Second-order central
Finite Difference Approximations
web.mit.edu › 16 › BackUpExample 1. 4-point difference approximation We now obtain a four point finite difference approximation fo r the first derivative using the points Ui−1, Ui, Ui+1 and Ui+2. First consider the Taylor series expansions about point Ui, Ui−1 = Ui − ∆xUxi + 1 2∆x 2U xxi − 1 6∆x 3U xxxi + O(∆x4) Ui = Ui Ui+1 = Ui + ∆xUxi + 1 2∆x ...
Derivative Approximation by Finite Differences
geometrictools.com › FiniteDifferencesj, each vector corresponding to the rst-order derivative approximation for x j. The multiindexed component is K i = C 1;i 1 C n;i n. Observe the similarity between equation (5) and equation (9). 5 Table of Approximations for First-Order Derivatives Table1contains the approximations constructed for rst-order derivatives (m = 1). The format of ...