Numerical derivative of analytic function

Calculate the numerical derivative of an analytic function with different methods.
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% This function returns the numerical derivative of an analytic function.
% Of special note, is the incorporation of the "complex step-derivative"
% approach which offers greatly improved derivative accuracy compared to
% forward and central difference approximations. This is especially germain
% when accuracy at the level of machine precision is a concern.
%
% This function was motivated by: http://www.biomedicalcomputationreview.org authored by Michael Sherman
% -The function with no inputs generates the example used in the above link.
% -For more information see the following citation which is also found in the above link:
% --Martins JR, Sturdza P, and Alonso JJ
% http://portal.acm.org/citation.cfm?id=838250.838251
% The complex-step derivative approximation
% ACM Trans. Math. Softw. 29(3) (2003)
%
% SYNTAX: dfdx=deriv(f,x,h,method)
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% INPUTS: f - A function a handle (eg f=@(x) sin(x))
% x - Interval over which f(x) is defined
% h - Derivative step-size
% method - Numerical methods used to compute derivative
% 'forward2' - Two point forward difference
% 'forward3' - Three point forward difference
% 'central2' - Two point central difference
% 'central4' - Four point central difference
% 'complex' - Complex step-derivative approximation
%
% OUTPUTS: dfdx - Numerical estimate of the derivative of f(x)
%
% DBE 2006.07.31

Cite As

Daniel Ennis (2024). Numerical derivative of analytic function (https://www.mathworks.com/matlabcentral/fileexchange/11870-numerical-derivative-of-analytic-function), MATLAB Central File Exchange. Retrieved .

MATLAB Release Compatibility
Created with R14SP3
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Acknowledgements

Inspired: Adaptive Robust Numerical Differentiation

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1.0.0.0

Update BSD License.
Minor fix of the "description."