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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 .

From Textbooks Mar. 30, 2016

In this project, we use the Maclaurin polynomials for ex to prove that e is irrational.

From Textbooks Mar. 30, 2016

Figure 6.7 The graph shows the function y = sin x and the Maclaurin polynomials p1, p3 and p5.

From Textbooks Mar. 30, 2016

Use Equation 6.11 and the first six terms in the Maclaurin series for e−x2 /2 to approximate the probability that a randomly selected test score is between x = 100 and x = 200.

From Textbooks Mar. 30, 2016

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

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