#include int* binomCoeff(int n) { int *b = calloc(n+1,sizeof(int)); int j; b[0] = n%2 ? -1 : 1; for (j=1 ; j<=n; j++) b[j] = -b[j-1]*(n+1-j)/j; return(b); }; main () { double array[] = { 90, 47, 58, 29, 22, 32, 55, 5, 55, 73 }; size_t lenArray = sizeof(array)/sizeof(array[0]); int p = 4; // order int *b = binomCoeff(p); // pre-compute binomial coefficients for order p int j, k; // compute p-th difference for (k=0 ; k < lenArray; k++) for (array[k] *= b[0], j=1 ; j<=p; j++) array[k] += b[j] * array[k+j]; free(b); // resulting series is shorter by p elements lenArray -= p; for (k=0 ; k < lenArray; k++) printf("%f ",array[k]); printf("\n"); }