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Maclaurin

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[muhk-lawr-in, muh-klawr-] / məkˈlɔr ɪn, məˈklɔr- /

noun

  1. Colin, 1698–1746, Scottish mathematician.


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If x = a, then these polynomials are known as Maclaurin polynomials for f .

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Show that the Maclaurin series converges to cos x for all real numbers x.

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For each of the following functions, find formulas for the Maclaurin polynomials p0, p1, p2 and p3.

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Solving this inequality for x, we have that the fifth Maclaurin polynomial gives an estimate to within 0.0001 as long as |x| < 0.907.

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Colin Maclaurin and Brook Taylor, perhaps the best British mathematicians in the era of isolation from the Continent, discovered how to use calculus to rewrite functions in a totally different form.

From "Zero: The Biography of a Dangerous Idea" by Charles Seife