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2. Newton's Backward Difference Interpolation formula example ( Enter your problem )
  1. Formula & Example-1 (table data)
  2. Example-2 (table data)
  3. Example-3 (`f(x)=x^3-x+1`)
  4. Example-4 (`f(x)=2x^3-4x+1`)

2. Example-2 (table data)





2. Find Solution using Newton's Backward Difference formula
xf(x)
01
10
21
310

x = 4


Solution:
The value of table for `x` and `y`

x0123
y10110

Newton's backward difference interpolation method to find solution

Newton's backward difference table is
xy`grady``grad^2y``grad^3y`
0`1`
`-1`
1`0``2`
`1``6`
2`1``8`
`9`
3`10`


The value of x at you want to find the `f(x) : x = 4`

`h = x_1 - x_0 = 1 - 0 = 1`

`p = (x - x_n) / h = (4 - 3) / 1 = 1`

Newton's backward difference interpolation formula is
`y(x) = y_n + p grad y_n + (p(p + 1))/(2!) * grad^2y_n + (p(p + 1)(p + 2))/(3!) * grad^3y_n`

`y(4) = 10 + 1 xx 9 + (1 (1 + 1))/(2) xx 8 + (1 (1 + 1)(1 + 2))/(6) xx 6`

`y(4) = 10 +9 +8 +6`

`y(4) = 33`


Solution of newton's backward interpolation method `y(4) = 33`




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