% Chapter 9 Exercise 1. hinit = 10^-1; x = pi/6.0; true = -1/2; fpp = zeros(16,1); h = hinit; for i =1:16 fpp(i) = (sin(x + h) -2*sin(x) + sin(x - h))/h^2; h = h/10; end error = abs( fpp - true*ones(16,1)); fprintf(' h Diff. Quotient Error\n'); fprintf('==============================================\n'); h = hinit; for i = 1:16 fprintf('%5.2e %16.8e %16.8e\n',h,fpp(i),error(i)) h = h/10; end