TAYLOR'S SERIES Definition & Meaning

Taylor's series

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maths an infinite sum giving the value of a function f( z ) in the neighbourhood of a point a in terms of the derivatives of the function evaluated at a. Under certain conditions, the series has the form f ( z ) = f ( a ) + [ f ′( a )( z – a )]/1! + [ f ″( a )( z – a )²]/2! + … See also Maclaurin's series

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Origin of Taylor's series¹

C18: named after Brook Taylor (1685–1731), English mathematician

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Before his overnight stardom as Batman, West had made guest appearances on TV series such as “Cheyenne,” “Maverick” and “77 Sunset Strip” and had been a regular for a season on Robert Taylor’s series “The Detectives.”

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This function is analytic in the domain, and the power series representing it is the Taylor’s series for the function.

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