Approximation
The Taylor Series
The Taylor / MacLaurin series is the fundamental basis of all approximations in The Taylor series is derived and discussed at various places on the web.
Derivation
(from assuming a power series expansion)
A nice applet showing MacLaurin series for sin(θ) for successive (odd) terms
Derivation
(from the fundamental theorem of calculus)
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Last revision 24. September, 2005.