What’s the Point of the Taylor Series?

Massaging a function to a more manageable form

Tamanna I. Urmi
Math Medley
Published in
3 min readSep 23, 2023

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Photo by author. Taylor series expansion of cosine function cartoonized.

Did someone just wave their hand in class and say “Just apply the Taylor series and you will get it” pointing at a very simplified and totally unrecognizable function?

It immediately switches on the confusing jumble of letters and numbers trying to remember what the Taylor series expansion…

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Tamanna I. Urmi
Math Medley

Eclectic writer delving into mental wellness, fitness and growth, adventure, and math musings. South Asian in the US. MIT'16 and current NEU Ph.D. student.