Numerical Differentiation Formulas with error estimates.

Let $$f(x)$$ be the function whose first or second derivatives at $$x = a$$ are desired.

Method	Formula	Error
Forward difference	$$f'(a)=\frac{f(a+h)-f(a}{h}$$	$$\frac{-1}{2}h f^{(2)}(\varphi)$$
Central difference	$$f'(a)= \frac{f(a+h)-f(a -h)}{2h}$$	$$ \frac {-h^2}{6} f^{(3)}(\varphi)$$
Four point	$$f'(a)=\frac{-3f(a+4f(a+h)-f(a+2h)}{2h}$$	$$	$$ \frac{h^2}{3} f^2(\varphi)
Five point	$$f'(a)=\frac{[f(a -2h)-8f(a-h)+8f(a+h)-f(a + 2h)]}{12h}$$	$$f''(a)= \frac{f(a) - 2 f(a +h) + f(a +2h}{h^2} $$	$$ \frac{h^2}{6}f^{iv}(\varphi) - hf''' (\nu) \\ $$	$$ f''(a)=\frac{f(a-h)-2f(a)+f(a +h)}{h^2} $$	$$ \frac{-h^2}{12}f^{iv}(\varphi), |\varphi-a|<|a|$$

Getting sick of adjusting Latex plugin to work with blogger.
Visit the alternate site
http://optimal-learning-systems.org/wp/?p=136