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What is a finite difference?
Think about how we approximate a curve using discrete points.
Define round-off error.
Consider how a calculator handles long numbers.
What is the purpose of finite difference methods?
Think about how we get slopes from lines.
True or False: Convergence means the errors do not grow indefinitely.
What is the goal of a converging solution?
Given a PDE, demonstrate how to apply finite difference methods and evaluate the truncation error.
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Analyze a numerical method’s convergence using given data and derive whether it approaches the true solution.
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