% Compute the derivative of a function
% using forward difference formula with
% acceleration from Richardson extrapolation
% Best result is given by R(end,end)
% K. Ming Leung, 02/10/03
clear all;
fcn='sin';
x=1;
p= 1;
itMax = 10; % best result is itMax = 8
h = 0.50; T(1,1) = forwardDiff(fcn,x,h);
h = 0.25; T(2,1) = forwardDiff(fcn,x,h);
q = 2;
qp = q^p;
T(2,2) = (qp*T(2,1)-T(1,1))/(qp-1);
for k = 2:itMax
n = 2^k; h=0.5/n;
T(k+1,1) = forwardDiff(fcn,x,h);
for j = 2:k+1
c = 2^(j-1);
T(k+1,j) =
(c*T(k+1,j-1)-T(k,j-1))/(c-1);
end
end
I=T,
exact=cos(1); % Exact answer
error=I(end,end)-exact,