Slides - School of Engineering - University of Warwick
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3.3 - Forward Difference - Cont’d<br />
u<br />
u i+1<br />
Predicted du/dx<br />
u i<br />
True du/dx<br />
u i-1<br />
∆x ∆x<br />
∂f<br />
∂x ≈ f i+1 − f i<br />
. (3.7 F&P )<br />
∆x<br />
Truncation Error:<br />
T.E. ∼ O(∆x).<br />
x i-1<br />
x i<br />
x i+1<br />
x<br />
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