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Unit 8: Linear approximations and Taylor series
Unit Outline:
8.1: Linear approximation for f(x)
Course Reader:
What is linear approximation?
Local linearization (Khan Academy):
8.2: Taylor series
Course Reader:
Taylor series - Essence of Calculus (3Blue1Brown):
Taylor series made easy (Randell Heyman):
Finding a Taylor Polynomial to Approximate a Function (PatrickJMT):
8.3: Linear approximation for f(x,y)
Course Reader:
Linearization of a multivariable function (Krista King):
Local linearization (Khan Academy - Grant Sanderson):