In a Taylor polynomial, how would I find the upper bound for the error of the approximation: arctan(0.4) = 0.4 - (0.4)^3/3! . Thanks
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In a Taylor polynomial, how would I find the upper bound for the error of the approximation: arctan(0.4) = 0.4 - (0.4)^3/3! . Thanks
Look at the form of the remainder of the truncated Taylor series. This is anQuote:
Originally Posted by me > jallison + brownie
alternating series (the sign of consecutive terms is alternately + and -) of
decreasing terms so the absolute error is less than the absolute value first
ignored term. In this case the Taylor series is (as we are interested in
):
(note you have an error in your Taylor polynomial).
So in this case if we truncate after the second term the absolute error in the
approximation is less than:
RonL