C0900TextPages_page_58

C0900TextPages | page 58 | https://thedailydialectics.com/pdfs/education/C0900TextPages/C0900TextPages.pdf

650 CHAPTER 9 Brook TavLor (1685-1731) Although Taylor was not the first to seek polynomial approximations of transcendental functions, his account published in 1715 was one of the first comprehensive works on the subject. NOTE Maclaurin polynomials are special types of Taylor polynomials for which…