Lecture 4: Polynomial Approximations

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Topics covered: Using an nth degree polynomial to approximate a function f(x); how to choose the coefficients; power series; Taylor's Remainder Theorem; expressing functions in terms of power series.

Instructor/speaker: Prof. Herbert Gross

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