% compute f'(0.1) if f(x) = e^x sqrt(2+x) format long g exp(0.1).*(sqrt(2.1) + (1/2)/sqrt(2.1)) % exact x=-1:.4:1; f=exp(x).*sqrt(2+x); p=polyfit(x,f,5); pprime = p(1:end-1) .* [5 4 3 2 1]; polyval(pprime,0.1) % approximate % solve 0 = u_x + e^x, u(-1) = 0 for N = [2 5 10 15] [D,x]=cheb(N); D=D(1:N,1:N); v=D\(-exp(x(1:N))); err = max(abs( [v; 0] - (exp(-1)-exp(x)) )) end xx = -1:0.01:1; plot(x,[v; 0],'o',xx,exp(-1)-exp(xx))