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Difference Table


A table made by subtracting adjacent entries in a sequence, then repeating the process with those numbers.


See also

Divided Difference, Finite Difference, Jackson's Difference Fan, Interpolation, Quotient-Difference Table

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References

Sloane, N. J. A. and Plouffe, S. "Analysis of Differences." §2.5 in The Encyclopedia of Integer Sequences. San Diego, CA: Academic Press, pp. 10-13, 1995.Whittaker, E. T. and Robinson, G. "Difference Table." §2 in The Calculus of Observations: A Treatise on Numerical Mathematics, 4th ed. New York: Dover, pp. 2-4, 1967.

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Weisstein, Eric W. "Difference Table." From MathWorld--A Wolfram Web Resource. https://mathworld.wolfram.com/DifferenceTable.html

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