3.9 Simple numerical differentiation - Euler method

Forward difference

\(\frac{f(x + h) - f(x)}{h}\) with small h (but larger than machine epsilon)

Central difference

\(\frac{f(x + h) - f(x - h)}{2h}\) with small h

\(\frac{f(x) - f(x - h)}{h}\) is not used. Explain why.