ERROR IN LINEAR INTERPOLATION

For f(x) = log 10 x, with 1 x 0 x x 2 10; this leads to jlog 10 x P 2(x)j h3 9 p 3 max x0 x x2 2log 10 e x3:05572h3 x3 0 For the case of h = :01, we have jlog 10 x P 2(x)j 5:57 10 8 x3 0 5:57 10 8 For comparison, jlog 10 x P 1(x)j 5:43 10 6 ................
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