Error Analysis

$$ \epsilon=log_{10}\left(\left|\frac{f''_{\mbox{computed}}-f''_{\mbox{exact}}} {f''_{\mbox{exact}}}\right|\right), $$ $$ \epsilon_{\mbox{tot}}=\epsilon_{\mbox{approx}}+\epsilon_{\mbox{ro}}. $$

For the computed second derivative we have $$ f_0''=\frac{ f_h -2f_0 +f_{-h}}{h^2}-2\sum_{j=1}^{\infty}\frac{f_0^{(2j+2)}}{(2j+2)!}h^{2j}, $$ and the truncation or approximation error goes like $$ \epsilon_{\mbox{approx}}\approx \frac{f_0^{(4)}}{12}h^{2}. $$