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Tip revision: 26e049d70b4a1c237987e260cba68f6a9413736c authored by Hans W. Borchers on 09 April 2019, 04:10:07 UTC
version 2.2.5
Tip revision: 26e049d
numderiv.R
##
##  n u m d e r i v . R  Richardson Numerical Derivative
##


numderiv <- function(f, x0, maxiter = 16, h = 1/2, ...,
                        tol = .Machine$double.eps)
{
    if (length(x0) != 1 || !is.numeric(x0))
        stop("Argument 'x0' must be a numeric scalar.")

    fun <- match.fun(f)
    f <- function(x) fun(x, ...)
    if (length(f(x0)) != 1)
        stop("Function 'f' must be a univariate function of one variable.")

    eps <- .Machine$double.eps
    err <- 1; err_new <- 1

    j <- 1
    D <- matrix(0, nrow = maxiter, ncol = maxiter)

    D[1, 1] <- (f(x0+h) - f(x0-h))/(2*h)
    while (err > tol && j < maxiter) {
        h <- h / 2.0
        D[j+1, 1] <- (f(x0+h) - f(x0-h)) / (2*h)
        for (k in 1:j) {
            D[j+1, k+1] <- D[j+1, k] + (D[j+1,k] - D[j,k]) / (4^k - 1)
        }

        err_new <- 2 * abs(D[j+1,j+1] - D[j,j]) / 
                  (abs(D[j+1,j+1]) + abs(D[j,j]) + eps)
        if (err_new >= err) break

        err <- err_new
        j <- j + 1
    }
    if (j >= maxiter)
        warning("Maximum number of iterations reached.")

    return(list(df = D[j, j], rel.err = err, niter = j))
}


numdiff <- function(f, x, maxiter = 16, h = 1/2, ...,
                    tol = .Machine$double.eps) {
    if (!is.vector(x, mode = "numeric"))
        stop("Argument 'x' must be a numeric vector.")

    ndf <- function(xx) numderiv(f, xx, maxiter = maxiter, h = h, ...,
                                 tol = .Machine$double.eps)$df

    sapply(x, ndf)
}
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