Taylor's series

A form of Taylor series — A power series representation of given infinitely differentiable function f whose terms are calculated from the function's arbitrary order derivatives at given reference point a; the series f(a)+(f'(a))/(1!)(x-a)+(f(a))/(2!)(x-a)²+(f'(a))/(3!)(x-a)³+⋯=∑ₙ₌₀∞(f⁽ⁿ⁾(a))/(n!)(x-a)ⁿ.

Meanings

nounTaylor's series (plural Taylor's series)
  1. alternativeAlternative form of Taylor series.
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