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Building Approximations for Sin(x)
Age 16 to 18 Challenge Level:
Build up the concept of the Taylor series
Bessel's Equation
Age 16 to 18 Challenge Level:
Get further into power series using the fascinating Bessel's equation.
Taking Trigonometry Series-ly
Age 16 to 18 Challenge Level:
Look at the advanced way of viewing sin and cos through their power series.
What Do Functions Do for Tiny X?
Age 16 to 18 Challenge Level:
Looking at small values of functions. Motivating the existence of the Taylor expansion.
Towards Maclaurin
Age 16 to 18 Challenge Level:
Build series for the sine and cosine functions by adding one term at a time, alternately making the approximation too big then too small but getting ever closer.
Trig Reps
Age 16 to 18 Challenge Level:
Can you deduce the familiar properties of the sine and cosine functions starting from these three different mathematical representations?
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