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Taylor Series Expansion<br />

Taylor Series Expansion<br />

Any continuous differentiable function f(x) can, in the<br />

vicinity <strong>of</strong> x i , be expressed as a Taylor series:<br />

f(x) = f i +∆x<br />

( ) ∂f<br />

+ 1 ( ∂ 2 f<br />

∂x<br />

i<br />

2! ∆x2 ∂x<br />

)i<br />

2 + 1 ( ∂ 3 f<br />

3! ∆x3 ∂x<br />

)i<br />

3<br />

· · · + 1 ( ∂ n f<br />

n! ∆xn ∂x<br />

)i<br />

n + H. (3.3 F&P )<br />

where H means all remaining HIGHER ORDER TERMS.<br />

+<br />

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