function HW5_4(n) P = @(x) cos(1/x); P_A = @(x) P(x) - (P(x+1)-P(x))^2 / (P(x+2)-2*P(x+1)+P(x)); S = 1; E = @(x) P(x) - S; E_A = @(x) P_A(x) - S; for i = 1:n fprintf('n = %3.0f %16.8f\n', i, E_A(i) / E(i+2)); end end %Result: n = 100 0.33995921