EJEMPLO 1: Calcular la derivada en x = 0.

5 por Richardson
x
0.1
0.3
0.4
0.5
0.6
0.7
0.9

f(x)
0.09531018
0.262364264
0.336472237
0.405465108
0.470003629
0.5306282511
0.641853886

h
0.8
0.4
0.2

k=0
0.683179633
0.670659966
0.667656963

Valor "verdadero"
f'(0.5) =

k=1
0.6664867443
0.666655962

0.6666666667

k=2

0.6666672432

EJEMPLO 2: Extrapolar el valor en cero a partir de los valores tabulados

h
0.1
0.05
0.025
0.0125

f(h)
2.728286841459
2.719531906609
2.718438079680
2.718301359728

TABLA DE DIFERENCIAS
h
h0
h1
h2
h3

0.1
0.05
0.025
0.0125

f(h)
2.728286841459
2.719531906609
2.718438079680
2.718301359728

Delta

Delta^2

Delta^3

-0.008755
-0.001094
-0.000137

0.007661
0.000957

-0.006704

Hiptesis: f(h) = a + b h^3 + c h^6 + d h^9

EXTRAPOLACIN DE RICHARDSON

h
j=0
j=1
j=2
j=3

0.1
0.05
0.025
0.0125

D_j^(k) = D_{j+1}^(k-1) + (D_{j+1}^(k-1)-D_j^(k-1))/(8^k-1))

k=0
k=1
k=2
k=3
2.728286841459
2.719531906609 2.718281201631
2.718438079680 2.718281818690 2.718281828484
2.718301359728 2.718281828306 2.718281828459 2.718281828459

Valor "verdadero"
2.718281828459

_j^(k-1))/(8^k-1))