Taylor Polynomials of the Sine Function (applet)Paul
Garrett, garrett@math.umn.edu
This applet graphs the sine function in
red, and the Taylor polynomial
approximations in
white. The gridlines mark off unit amounts in
both directions.
Click in the "Increase degree" box to increase the degree of the Taylor
polynomial. Evidently the Taylor polynomial matches further and further
out as the degree is increase, but in every case diverges wildly at some
point from the actual sine function.
Click in "Reset" to start over.
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