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Optimum small number for numerical differentiation

If you click through to the reference given for the Wikipedia piece, you'll find an answer. The formula given there is to take $h$ to be roughly $\sqrt{\epsilon_f}x_c$, where $\epsilon_f$ isn't necess …
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