Forward, Backward and Central Divided Difference
mathforcollege.com › nm › simulationsForward, Backward and Central Divided Difference Ana Catalina Torres, Autar Kaw University of South Florida United States of America kaw@eng.usf.edu Introduction This worksheet demonstrates the use of Maple to compare the approximation of first order derivatives using three different methods. Each method uses a point h ahead, behind or both of the
Differentiation - Loughborough University
learn.lboro.ac.uk › archive › olmp1. the one-sided (forward) difference f(a+h)−f(a) h 2. the one-sided (backward) difference f(a)−f(a−h) h 3. the central difference f(a+h)−f(a−h) 2h In practice, the central difference formula is the most accurate. These first, rather artificial, examples will help fix our ideas before we move on to more realistic applications ...