(doc) which scheme is chosen for which point

maroba / findiff

Python package for numerical derivatives and partial differential equations in any number of dimensions.

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(doc) which scheme is chosen for which point #19

Closed Tigraan closed 1 year ago

Tigraan commented 4 years ago

As the derivative of a given numpy array has the same size as the initial array, it could be worth mentioning how the differentiation switches between the backwards/forwards/centered scheme.

Looking at operators.diff() it uses "center" whenever it can apply it, "forward" at the left (low-index) boundary and "backward" at the right (high-index) boundary, but the source code is not that easy to read, and it is not written anywhere in the doc either.

maroba commented 4 years ago

That is correct. I will update the documentation accordingly.