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Optimum small number for numerical differentiation
The Wikipedia article on numerical differentiation mentions the formula
$$
h=\sqrt \epsilon \times x
$$
where $\epsilon$ is the machine epsilon (approx. $2.2\times 10^{-16}$ for 64-bit IEEE 754 ...
