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ERIC Number: EJ886045
Record Type: Journal
Publication Date: 2010-May
Pages: 7
Abstractor: As Provided
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ISSN: ISSN-0746-8342
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Taylor's Theorem: The Elusive "c" Is Not So Elusive
Kreminski, Richard
College Mathematics Journal, v41 n3 p186-192 May 2010
For a suitably nice, real-valued function "f" defined on an open interval containing [a,b], f(b) can be expressed as p[subscript n](b) (the nth Taylor polynomial of f centered at a) plus an error term of the (Lagrange) form f[superscript (n+1)](c)(b-a)[superscript (n+1)]/(n+1)! for some c in (a,b). This article is for those who think that not much more can be said about where in (a,b) c is located. Supplementary materials, including further numerical illustrations and sketches of some proofs, are available at http://faculty.colostate-pueblo.edu/rick.kreminski.
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Publication Type: Journal Articles; Reports - Descriptive
Education Level: Higher Education
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Language: English
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