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FORMULE TAYLOR [1 record]

Record 1 2011-09-07

English

Subject field(s)
  • Numerical Analysis (Mathematics)
DEF

A theorem which describes approximating polynomials for rather general functions and provides estimates for errors.

OBS

Taylor's theorem is also called Taylor's formula, and sometimes the extended or generalized mean value theorem, although the latter two are mostly used for the second mean-value theorem.

Key term(s)
  • second mean-value theorem

French

Domaine(s)
  • Analyse numérique (Mathématiques)

Spanish

Campo(s) temático(s)
  • Análisis numérico (Matemáticas)
DEF

[Teorema que se utiliza] para el desarrollo de muchos métodos numéricos. Permite aproximar una función por un polinomio y estimar el error de truncamiento.

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