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1. Two point Forward difference, Backward difference, Central difference formula numerical differentiation example ( Enter your problem )
  1. Formula & Example-1 (table data)
  2. Example-2 (table data)
  3. Example-3 (`f(x)=cosx`)
  4. Example-4 (`f(x)=2x^3+x^2-4`)
  5. Example-5 (`f(x)=xlnx`)
  6. Example-6 (`f(x)=sinx`)

2. Example-2 (table data)





Using Two point Forward difference, Backward difference, Central difference formula numerical differentiation to find solution
x11.051.101.151.201.251.30
f(x)11.024701.048811.072381.095451.118031.14018

`f^'(1.15) and f^('')(1.15)`


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

x11.051.11.151.21.251.3
y11.02471.04881.07241.09541.1181.1402

Two-point FDF (Forward difference formula)
`f^'(x)=(f(x+h)-f(x))/h`

`f^'(1.15)=(f(1.15+0.05)-f(1.15))/0.05`

`f^'(1.15)=(f(1.2)-f(1.15))/0.05`

`f^'(1.15)=(1.0954-1.0724)/0.05`

`f^'(1.15)=0.4614`



Two-point BDF (Backward difference formula)
`f^'(x)=(f(x)-f(x-h))/h`

`f^'(1.15)=(f(1.15)-f(1.15-0.05))/0.05`

`f^'(1.15)=(f(1.15)-f(1.1))/0.05`

`f^'(1.15)=(1.0724-1.0488)/0.05`

`f^'(1.15)=0.4714`



Two-point CDF (Central difference formula)
`f^'(x)=(f(x+h)-f(x-h))/(2h)`

`f^'(1.15)=(f(1.15+0.05)-f(1.15-0.05))/(2*0.05)`

`f^'(1.15)=(f(1.2)-f(1.1))/0.1`

`f^'(1.15)=(1.0954-1.0488)/0.1`

`f^'(1.15)=0.4664`




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