Chapter 4 - Maple Commands & Finite Difference Summary

Maple commands

Command	Example	function
diff( f(var), var )	diff( sin(x), x )	calculate the derivative of f(x) result is an expression
	df_dx := unapply( diff( f(x), x ), x );	calculate derivative of f(x) and make a function out of it
D(f)	df_dx := D(f);	calculate derivative of f(x) and make a function out of it
D[2](f);	df_dy := D[2](f);	calculate partial derivative of f(x,y) with respect to second argument (y) and make a function out of it

Finite Difference Formulae

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Any questions or suggestions should be directed to Michel Vallières at vallieres@physics.drexel.edu