Congratulations Andrei for another
very good solution.
The 4 functions are:
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A(x) = sinx, B(x) = 1 - cosx, C(x) = log(1+x), D(x) = 1- |
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I consider the logarithm in base e. First I plotted the 4 functions
using Graphmatica. In all figures A(x) is violet, B(x) is white,
C(x) is red and D(x) is cyan.
For [-1, 1] I obtain:
For [-0.1, 0.1]
And for [-0.01, 0.01] I have:
Each of the 4 functions could be approximated using the Taylor
series expansion around 0, and the accuracy of the approximation
becomes better for values of x nearer to the origin. I shall use
the second order polynomial:
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A(x) » x, B(x) » 1- (1 - x2/2) = x2/2, C(x) » x - x2/2, D(x) » - x - x2. |
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