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:<math> \lim_{\Delta x \to 0}f'(x) = \frac {f(x+\Delta x)-f(x)}{\Delta x} </math>
with a finite limiting process, i.e.
:<math> f'(x) =\frac {f(x+\Delta x) - f(x)}{\Delta x} + O(\Delta x) </math>
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:<math> \frac {u^{n+1} -u^n}{\Delta t } \approx \kappa u^n </math>
Equation is an explicit approximation to the original differential equation since no information about the unknown function at the future time (''n'' + 1)<sub>''t''</sub> has been used on the right hand side of the equation. In order to derive the error committed in the approximation we rely again on [[Taylor series]].
==Backward difference==
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