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Maclaurin series vs. Taylor series
noun
Mathematics.
- a Taylor series in which the reference point is zero.
noun
Mathematics.
- an approximation of a given function f at a particular point x, in terms of values of the function and its derivatives at a neighboring point x 0 , by a power series in which the terms are given by f (n) ( x 0 ) ( −x 0 ) n/n !, where f (n) ( x 0 ) is the derivative of order n evaluated at point x 0 .