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Changes for version 1.00

  • 9 Aug 2017
  • Add tests, more POD clean-up, send to CPAN. 18 Jul 2017
  • Add references for the central and forward difference methods.
  • Have not been able to find a reference for the second derivative difference method, annoyingly.
  • Minimum perl version set to 5.10.1. 17 Jul 2017
  • Added a forward difference approximation method (bug was filed for this as user Maitraya Baliyan was expecting it instead of the central difference approximation method that Derivative1() used).
  • Added names forwarddiff() and centraldiff() for export. Derivative1() is aliased to centraldiff(), so as not to break old code.
  • Likewise, seconddx() is now the exported name of the second derivative difference method, with Derivative2() aliased to it.
  • There is now an EXPORT tag, ':all'.
  • POD is more descriptive, has more examples, and uses the new names.

Modules

Numeric 1st and 2nd order differentiation