MacLaurin formula
From Encyclopedia of Mathematics
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A particular case of the Taylor formula. Let a function have derivatives at . Then in some neighbourhood of this point can be represented in the form
where , the -th order remainder term, can be represented in some form or other.
The term "MacLaurin formula" is also used for functions of variables . In this case in the MacLaurin formula is taken to be a multi-index, (see MacLaurin series). The formula is named after C. MacLaurin.
Comments
For some expressions for the remainder and for estimates of it see Taylor formula.
References
[a1] | W. Rudin, "Principles of mathematical analysis" , McGraw-Hill (1976) pp. 107–108 |
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MacLaurin formula. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=MacLaurin_formula&oldid=15362
MacLaurin formula. Encyclopedia of Mathematics. URL: http://encyclopediaofmath.org/index.php?title=MacLaurin_formula&oldid=15362
This article was adapted from an original article by L.D. Kudryavtsev (originator), which appeared in Encyclopedia of Mathematics - ISBN 1402006098. See original article