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3.2 - Finite Difference Approximations<br />

Three Approximations<br />

Forward difference: f(x i ) and f(x i + ∆x),<br />

Backward difference: f(x i − ∆x) and f(x i ),<br />

Central difference: f(x i − ∆x) and f(x i + ∆x).<br />

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