- Homework for 8.1 isn't graded yet. I have a grader, who just started yesterday. He will try to get things back to you on Tuesday, if it's handed in on Thursday.
- What are "homework drops"?
- Homework for 8.6 is due next time (I postponed this).
- Examples of comparison:
- #60, p. 465
- #85 and 86, p. 466
- The big picture: we're approximating functions (some nasty) with nice ones (polynomials):
- Taylor Polynomials Lab (from p. 213 of Stewart's Calculus)
Let's talk error now. Remember error? As we discussed for the case of Simpson's rule, it's nice to give an estimate -- but even nicer when you can provide an error estimate, also....
- Examples:
- #23, p. 500 (Maclaurin series polynomial)
- #35, p. 500 (Let's do sin(x) as well (Maclaurin series polynomial))
- #46, p. 501
