calculus - Efficient and Accurate Formulas for Approximating sin x ...
Oct 15, 2023 · I am familiar with basic trigonometry and calculus, including Taylor and Maclaurin Series for approximating functions. I've also looked into some numerical methods like …
What exactly is "approximation"? - Mathematics Stack Exchange
Numbers are not the only things that can be approximated. One can, for example, approximate continuous functions with polynomial functions, in which case the idea is to keep the area …
Differences between interpolation and approximation
Feb 22, 2019 · There are several differences in spirit and in terms of results between interpolating a function with a polynomial and approximating it with a Taylor expansion. The main difference …
logarithms - Approximating Logs and Antilogs by hand
Also, a good way to find antilogs will be nice as well. I just realized that I can't compute decimal powers. $$\Large 10^{0.3010} = 10^{0.3}*10^{0.001} = \sqrt[10]{1000} * \sqrt[1000]{10} = …
Approximating $e^x$ with a polynomial of degree $n$
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approximation - Approximating $e^ {x}/ (e^ {x} - 1)
May 19, 2015 · Approximating a simple function of 6 variables as any function of 2 compositions of them. 1. Approximating ...
sequences and series - Approximating $\pi$ using the sine …
I am interested in the number of good digits when approximating $\pi$ by iteratively applying this technique iteratively starting with the number $3$. In other words, I am interested in the …
How can I approximate the logarithm of the sum?
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Approximating $\\pi$ using Monte Carlo integration
$\begingroup$ The other place where Monte Carlo reigns supreme is in integration over complicated regions; imagine trying to properly formulate an integral over, e.g., the intersection …
sequences and series - Approximating $e^ {-x}$ - Mathematics …
Given this explanation I am guessing there is no way of approximating the e^-x with a very large x? Like the way you can approximate the Taylor series of e^x to 1 + x for a very small x. …