5 point differentation in Matlab

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Usman
Usman on 4 Sep 2012
Commented: Star Strider on 28 Oct 2022
Hi,
Can anyone please guide me as to how to perform 5 point differentiation n Matlab, what does 5 point differentiation mean?
Thanks
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Matt Tearle
Matt Tearle on 5 Sep 2012
Usman, note the tags that have been added... See what the tutorial says about those...
You asked what 5-pt differentiation means, and Matt showed that a quick search will provide the answer. As to implementing it in MATLAB, maybe you should provide a starting point so that we can help you. Otherwise, it looks a bit like you expect random volunteers on the internet to do your work/homework for you.
Usman
Usman on 5 Sep 2012
Moved: Rik on 28 Oct 2022
Thanks alot friends. but i certainly did google the term matlab implementation of 5 point difference and go no satisfactory result. that is why i came over here to help. if you think i want free volunteers to do my work for me, its better you dont reply back to the answer instead of passing senseless comments

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Star Strider
Star Strider on 5 Sep 2012
Edited: Rik on 28 Oct 2022
Here are a couple links that explain it about as clearly as possible:
Numerical differentiation formulas (Gives an example using a 4-point first derivative)
and:
Note that if f(x) is the function you are differentiating (here the numerical data you have), h is the step size, that is:
h = x(k + 1) - x(k);
I have experimented with the algorithm for the 5-point first derivative. It is easy to implement, accurate, and reasonably precise.
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Rik
Rik on 28 Oct 2022
I edited the links to point to the Wayback Machine from around the time of the post. The current version of the website seems to result in a browser warning and a 404.

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