From caeec90221a6f10f2c7ccdc74ff56a5226efac83 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Jacky Song Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2023 14:45:20 -0400 Subject: [PATCH] Fixed small descriptive error in taylor series --- book/knowledge-library/monovariable-calculus.ipynb | 8 ++++---- 1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-) diff --git a/book/knowledge-library/monovariable-calculus.ipynb b/book/knowledge-library/monovariable-calculus.ipynb index 2ace5e3..59cace1 100644 --- a/book/knowledge-library/monovariable-calculus.ipynb +++ b/book/knowledge-library/monovariable-calculus.ipynb @@ -2393,7 +2393,7 @@ "metadata": {}, "source": [ "$$\n", - "T^{(n)} = c_n (n)(n-1)(n-2)\\dots(3)(2)(1) (x-a)^{n -n}\n", + "c_n (n)(n-1)(n-2)\\dots(3)(2)(1) (x-a)^{n -n}\n", "$$" ] }, @@ -2402,7 +2402,7 @@ "id": "5cf39fa0", "metadata": {}, "source": [ - "Here we can write $n(n - 1)(n-2)(n-3) \\dots (3)(2)(1)$ as $n!$, $n-n = 0$, and anything raised to the power of zero is just one, so we get this expression for the nth-derivative of $T$:" + "Here we can write $n(n - 1)(n-2)(n-3) \\dots (3)(2)(1)$ as $n!$ (we call that \"n-factorial\"). For example, $3! = 3 \\times 2 \\times 1 = 6$. We can also rewrite $n-n = 0$, and anything raised to the power of zero is just one, so we get this expression for the nth-derivative of $T$:" ] }, { @@ -2411,7 +2411,7 @@ "metadata": {}, "source": [ "$$\n", - "T^{(n)} = c_n n!\n", + "c_n n!\n", "$$" ] }, @@ -2474,7 +2474,7 @@ "id": "ac889c4c", "metadata": {}, "source": [ - "This is the formula for the **Taylor series** of a function. For practical purposes, we usually don't let the sum range from 0 to infinity, and instead cap the sum at some number, which we call the **order** of the resulting polynomial. For example, the 7th-order Taylor polynomial is a Taylor series with 7 terms." + "This is the formula for the **Taylor series** of a function. For practical purposes, we usually don't let the sum range from 0 to infinity, and instead cap the sum at some number, which we call the **order** of the resulting polynomial. For example, the 7th-order Taylor polynomial is a Taylor series capped at 7 terms." ] }, {