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  2. Finite difference - Wikipedia

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    A finite difference is a mathematical expression of the form f (x + b) − f (x + a).If a finite difference is divided by b − a, one gets a difference quotient.The approximation of derivatives by finite differences plays a central role in finite difference methods for the numerical solution of differential equations, especially boundary value problems.

  3. Finite difference coefficient - Wikipedia

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    For a given arbitrary stencil points of length with the order of derivatives , the finite difference coefficients can be obtained by solving the linear equations [5] where is the Kronecker delta, equal to one if , and zero otherwise. Example, for , order of differentiation :

  4. Numerical differentiation - Wikipedia

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    The classical finite-difference approximations for numerical differentiation are ill-conditioned. However, if f {\displaystyle f} is a holomorphic function , real-valued on the real line, which can be evaluated at points in the complex plane near x {\displaystyle x} , then there are stable methods.

  5. Central differencing scheme - Wikipedia

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    Central differencing scheme. In applied mathematics, the central differencing scheme is a finite difference method that optimizes the approximation for the differential operator in the central node of the considered patch and provides numerical solutions to differential equations. [1] It is one of the schemes used to solve the integrated ...

  6. Five-point stencil - Wikipedia

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    In numerical analysis, given a square grid in one or two dimensions, the five-point stencil of a point in the grid is a stencil made up of the point itself together with its four "neighbors". It is used to write finite difference approximations to derivatives at grid points. It is an example for numerical differentiation .

  7. Difference quotient - Wikipedia

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    By a slight change in notation (and viewpoint), for an interval [ a, b ], the difference quotient. is called [5] the mean (or average) value of the derivative of f over the interval [ a, b ]. This name is justified by the mean value theorem, which states that for a differentiable function f, its derivative f′ reaches its mean value at some ...

  8. Newmark-beta method - Wikipedia

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    The Newmark-beta method is a method of numerical integration used to solve certain differential equations. It is widely used in numerical evaluation of the dynamic response of structures and solids such as in finite element analysis to model dynamic systems. The method is named after Nathan M. Newmark, [1] former Professor of Civil Engineering ...

  9. Finite difference method - Wikipedia

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    t. e. In numerical analysis, finite-difference methods ( FDM) are a class of numerical techniques for solving differential equations by approximating derivatives with finite differences. Both the spatial domain and time domain (if applicable) are discretized, or broken into a finite number of intervals, and the values of the solution at the end ...