5 Numerical Differentiation
www2.math.umd.edu › lecture-notes › differentiation-chapan exact formula of the form f0(x) = f(x+h)−f(x) h − h 2 f00(ξ), ξ ∈ (x,x+h). (5.3) Since this approximation of the derivative at x is based on the values of the function at x and x + h, the approximation (5.1) is called a forward differencing or one-sided differencing. The approximation of the derivative at x that is based on the values of