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1. Newton's Forward 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`)

3. Example-3 (`f(x)=x^3-x+1`)





Find Solution of an equation x^3-x+1 using Newton's Forward Difference formula
x1 = 2 and x2 = 4
x = 2.25
Step value (h) = 0.5
Finding f(2)


Solution:
Equation is `f(x)=x^3-x+1`.

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

x22.533.54
y714.1252540.37561

Newton's forward difference interpolation method to find solution

Newton's forward difference table is
xy`Deltay``Delta^2y``Delta^3y``Delta^4y`
27
7.125
2.514.1253.75
10.8750.75
3254.50
15.3750.75
3.540.3755.25
20.625
461


The value of `x` at you want to find the `f(x) : x = 2.25`

`h = x_1 - x_0 = 2.5 - 2 = 0.5`

`p = (x - x_0)/h = (2.25 - 2)/0.5 = 0.5`

Newton's forward difference interpolation formula is
`y(x) = y_0 + p Delta y_0 + (p(p - 1))/(2!) * Delta^2y_0 + (p(p - 1)(p - 2))/(3!) * Delta^3y_0 + (p(p - 1)(p - 2)(p - 3))/(4!) * Delta^4y_0`

`y(2.25) = 7 + 0.5 xx 7.125 + (0.5 (0.5 - 1))/(2) xx 3.75 + (0.5 (0.5 - 1)(0.5 - 2))/(6) xx 0.75 + (0.5 (0.5 - 1)(0.5 - 2)(0.5 - 3))/(24) xx 0`

`y(2.25) = 7 +3.5625 -0.4688 +0.0469 +0`

`y(2.25) = 10.1406`


Solution of newton's forward interpolation method `y(2.25) = 10.1406`




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