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Approximations to Derivatives

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In this chapter, all the discrete approximations required for simulation are established, that is, for first and second derivatives, both central and asymmetric forms, equally or randomly spaced points, and for a range of numbers of points used.

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  1. Aarhus University, Aarhus, Denmark

    Dieter Britz

  2. Department of Chemistry, University of Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany

    Jörg Strutwolf

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Britz, D., Strutwolf, J. (2016). Approximations to Derivatives. In: Digital Simulation in Electrochemistry. Monographs in Electrochemistry. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-30292-8_3

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