Computing Numerical Derivatives in Excel
- Compute numerical derivative of a function
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Use
DERIVFto compute first and higher order derivatives of a function f(x) at x=p using highly accurate adaptive algorithm.
- Compute numerical derivative from discrete data points
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Use
DERIVXYto compute a numerical derivative at a point within a discrete set of (x,y) data points using cubic splines.
- Compute partial derivatives
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You can nest
DERIVFto compute partial derivatives of any order.
