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Taylor Polynomial Approximation

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Exam Questions

Numerical Approximations

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Problem 1 (page 1)

Estimating a sine expression and a square root expression to two decimal places.

Course: 18.01 Single Variable Calculus, Fall 2006
Instructor: Prof. David Jerison
Prior Knowledge: None

Solution (PDF)# Page 1

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Taylor Approximations and Power Series

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Problem 7C-1 (page 44) to problem 7C-5 (page 44)

Five questions which involve Taylor series approximations for sine, cosine, exponential, logarithmic, and other functions, as well as finding error bounds on these approximations.

Course: 18.01 Single Variable Calculus, Fall 2006
Instructor: Prof. David Jerison
Prior Knowledge: None

Solution (PDF - 4.0 MB) Pages 100 to 102

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