* Review & Summary Approx f'(a) with + forward difference $f'(a) \approx \frac{f(a+h) - f(a)}{h}$ + backward difference $f'(a) \approx \frac{f(a) - f(a-h)}{h}$ + central difference $f'(a) \approx \frac{f(a+h) - f(a-h)}{2h}$ ** Taylor Series given $C = \frac{1}{2}(|f''(\xi)|) \cdot h^1$ with f.d. $e_{\text{abs}} \leq Ch^1$ b.d. $e_{\text{abs}} \leq Ch^1$ c.d. $e_{\text{abs}} \leq Ch^2$ $e_{\text{abs}} \leq Ch^r$ $log(e(h)) \leq log(ch^r) = log(C) + log(h^r) = log(C) + rlog(h)$