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== New Concept: Taylor Series ==
 
== New Concept: Taylor Series ==
  
Think of Taylor series as a special kind of power series, where the sequence of partial sums are meant to be better and better approximations of some other function.
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Think of Taylor series as a special kind of power series, where the sequence of partial sums are meant as better and better approximations of some other function.

Revision as of 20:32, 14 March 2011

Review Concepts

  • Sequences
  • Convergence
  • Infinite series
  • The sequence of partial sums of an infinite series
  • Power series

New Concept: Taylor Series

Think of Taylor series as a special kind of power series, where the sequence of partial sums are meant as better and better approximations of some other function.