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A note on Taylor expansion of real function

Classical Analysis and ODEs 2020-05-12 v2

Abstract

Let f(x)f(x) be a real function which has (n+1)(n+1)-th derivative on an interval [a,b][a, b]. For any point x0(a,b)x_0\in (a, b) and any integer 0kn0\leq k\leq n, denote by Sk,x0(x)S_{k,x_0}(x) the kk-th truncation of the Taylor expansion of f(x)f(x) at x0x_0, i.e. Sk,x0(x)=i=0kf(i)(x0)i!(xx0)i.S_{k,x_0}(x)=\sum_{i=0}^k\frac{f^{(i)}(x_0)}{i!}(x-x_0)^i. In this note, we consider the L2L_2-approximation of f(x)f(x) by polynomials of degree k\leq k, we show that Sk,x0(x)S_{k,x_0}(x) is the limit of the best approximations of f(x)f(x) on [x0ε,x0+ε][x_0-\varepsilon, x_0+\varepsilon] as ε0\varepsilon\to 0.

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@article{arxiv.2004.00474,
  title  = {A note on Taylor expansion of real function},
  author = {Shun Tang},
  journal= {arXiv preprint arXiv:2004.00474},
  year   = {2020}
}

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8 pages, title was changed to a more specific one

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