Recursive computation of certain derivatives&a study of error propagation

  • Authors:
  • Walter Gautschi;Bruce J. Klein

  • Affiliations:
  • Purdue Univ., Lafayette, IN;Virginia Polytechnic Institute, Blacksburg

  • Venue:
  • Communications of the ACM
  • Year:
  • 1970

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Abstract

A brief study is made of the propagation of errors in linear first-order difference equations. The recursive computation of successive derivatives of ex/x and (cos x)/x is considered as an llustration.