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// Copyright 2009 the Sputnik authors. All rights reserved.
// This code is governed by the BSD license found in the LICENSE file.
/**
* Closures are admitted
*
* @path ch13/13.2/S13.2.1_A5_T2.js
* @description Returning a function that approximates the derivative of f
* using an interval of dx, which should be appropriately small
*/
// Return a function that approximates the derivative of f
// using an interval of dx, which should be appropriately small.
function derivative(f, dx) {
return function(x) {
return (f(x + dx) - f(x)) / dx;
};
}
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//CHECK#1
if (Math.abs(derivative(Math.sin, 0.0001)(0) - derivative(Math.sin, 0.0001)(2*Math.PI)) >= 1/65536.0) {
$ERROR('#1: Math.abs(derivative(Math.sin, 0.0001)(0) - derivative(Math.sin, 0.0001)(2*Math.PI)) <= 1/65536.0');
}
//
//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////