One can, for example, approximate continuous functions with polynomial functions, in which case the idea is to keep the area between the original function and the approximating function small. One can …

Oct 15, 2023 · I am familiar with basic trigonometry and calculus, including Taylor and Maclaurin Series for approximating functions. I've also looked into some numerical methods like Newton's method for …

Nov 21, 2013 · Given this explanation I am guessing there is no way of approximating the e^-x with a very large x? Like the way you can approximate the Taylor series of e^x to 1 + x for a very small x.

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Sep 28, 2017 · It depends what is it you try to minimize ? Taylor expansion is the one that optimize the fitness of the polynomial for $||\cdot||_ {\infty}$ to the exponential in a neighbourhood of $0$. But you …

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Oct 12, 2011 · @Jyrki: Just in case you've forgotten, Padé approximants are rational functions precisely designed to have power series expansions whose first few terms match the first few terms of the …

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Mar 27, 2025 · 1 I saw in an old post Approximating characteristic functions by continuous functions a version of Urysohn's lemma