FABIAN, JAKE FLOYD G. DR.

LANNDON OCAMPO
BSME-3 March 3, 2015

NUMERICAL DIFFERENTIATION USING CENTRAL DIFFERENCE FORMULAS: O(h2) & O(h4)

f(x)= cos1.7xsin1.7x f(x)= 1.7cos21.7x 1.7sin21.7x

cos1.7(x + h)sin1.7(x + h) cos1.7(x h)sin1.7(x h)

() =
2

O(h2) x=8
h f'(x) TRUE error
0.1 -0.794229604 -0.80974 0.015511
0.01 -0.809584681 -0.80974 0.000156
0.001 -0.809739122 -0.80974 1.56E-06
0.0001 -0.809740666 -0.80974 1.56E-08
0.00001 -0.809740682 -0.80974 1.7E-10
0.000001 -0.809740682 -0.80974 2.65E-10
0.0000001 -0.809740677 -0.80974 4.96E-09
0.00000001 -0.809740708 -0.80974 2.59E-08
0.000000001 -0.809740747 -0.80974 6.47E-08
1E-10 -0.809736167 -0.80974 4.51E-06

O(h4) x=8
h f'(x) TRUE error
0.1 -0.809384917 -0.80974 0.000356
0.01 -0.809740646 -0.80974 3.61E-08
0.001 -0.809740682 -0.80974 3.27E-12
0.0001 -0.809740682 -0.80974 7.13E-12
0.00001 -0.809740682 -0.80974 1.34E-11
0.000001 -0.809740682 -0.80974 3.99E-10
0.0000001 -0.809740675 -0.80974 7.22E-09
0.00000001 -0.809740724 -0.80974 4.25E-08
0.000000001 -0.809740737 -0.80974 5.55E-08