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  2. Taylor series - Wikipedia

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    The sine function (blue) is closely approximated by its Taylor polynomial of degree 7 (pink) for a full period centered at the origin. The Taylor polynomials for ln(1 + x) only provide accurate approximations in the range −1 < x ≤ 1. For x > 1, Taylor polynomials of higher degree provide worse approximations.

  3. Taylor's theorem - Wikipedia

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    v. t. e. In calculus, Taylor's theorem gives an approximation of a -times differentiable function around a given point by a polynomial of degree , called the -th-order Taylor polynomial. For a smooth function, the Taylor polynomial is the truncation at the order of the Taylor series of the function.

  4. Cubic function - Wikipedia

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    In mathematics, a cubic function is a function of the form that is, a polynomial function of degree three. In many texts, the coefficients a, b, c, and d are supposed to be real numbers, and the function is considered as a real function that maps real numbers to real numbers or as a complex function that maps complex numbers to complex numbers.

  5. Cubic equation - Wikipedia

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    Here the function is and therefore the three real roots are 2, −1 and −4. In algebra, a cubic equation in one variable is an equation of the form in which a is not zero. The solutions of this equation are called roots of the cubic function defined by the left-hand side of the equation. If all of the coefficients a, b, c, and d of the cubic ...

  6. Polynomial interpolation - Wikipedia

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    In numerical analysis, polynomial interpolation is the interpolation of a given bivariate data set by the polynomial of lowest possible degree that passes through the points of the dataset. [1] Given a set of n + 1 data points , with no two the same, a polynomial function is said to interpolate the data if for each .

  7. Newton polynomial - Wikipedia

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    Newton's formula is of interest because it is the straightforward and natural differences-version of Taylor's polynomial. Taylor's polynomial tells where a function will go, based on its y value, and its derivatives (its rate of change, and the rate of change of its rate of change, etc.) at one particular x value. Newton's formula is Taylor's ...

  8. Degree of a polynomial - Wikipedia

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    The degree of the sum (or difference) of two polynomials is less than or equal to the greater of their degrees; that is, and . For example, the degree of is 2, and 2 ≤ max {3, 3}. The equality always holds when the degrees of the polynomials are different. For example, the degree of is 3, and 3 = max {3, 2}.

  9. Third-order intercept point - Wikipedia

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    The third-order intercept point is an extrapolated convergence – not directly measurable – of intermodulation distortion products in the desired output. It indicates how well a device (for example an amplifier) or a system (for example, a receiver) performs in the presence of strong signals. It is sometimes used (interchangeably with the 1 ...