Discrete integration by parts ($\int g{\delta }_{h}f=-\int ({\delta }_{-h}g)f$)

With ${\delta }_{h}f(x)=[f(x+h{e}_{\ell })-f(x)]/h$, a change of variables givesThe compact support of $f$ and its translates must remain inside the integration domain, or one must integrate over the whole space with convergent integrals. In particular ${\delta }_{-h}g(x)=[g(x)-g(x-h{e}_{\ell })]/h$: the denominator's sign matters. This is the difference quotient analogue of integration by parts.