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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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The function and the first three Maclaurin polynomials are shown in Figure 6.6.

From Textbooks Mar. 30, 2016

Figure 6.8 The function y = cos x and the Maclaurin polynomials p0, p2 and p4 are plotted on this graph.

From Textbooks Mar. 30, 2016

For each of the following functions, find the Maclaurin series and its interval of convergence.

From Textbooks Mar. 30, 2016

The function and the Maclaurin polynomial p3 are graphed in Figure 6.10.

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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