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= 0, the series is referred to as a Maclaurin’s series.


Functions TAYLR, TAYLR0, and SERIES

Functions TAYLR, TAYLR0, and SERIES are used to generate Taylor
polynomials, as well as Taylor series with residuals. These functions are
available in the CALC/LIMITS&SERIES menu described earlier in this Chapter.

Function TAYLOR0 performs a Maclaurin series expansion, i.e., about X = 0,
of an expression in the default independent variable, VX (typically ‘X’). The
expansion uses a 4-th order relative power, i.e., the difference between the
highest and lowest power in the expansion is 4. For example,

Function TAYLR produces a Taylor series expansion of a function of any
variable x about a point x = a for the order k specified by the user. Thus, the
function has the format TAYLR(f(x-a),x,k). For example,


Function SERIES produces a Taylor polynomial using as arguments the function
f(x) to be expanded, a variable name alone (for Maclaurin’s series) or an
expression of the form ‘variable = value’ indicating the point of expansion of