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Khan Academy: Calculus: Polynomial Approximation of Functions (Part 2)

9th - 10th
Video lesson finishing the derivation of the formula for the Maclaurin series and then applying it to find the polynomial approximation for e^x. [10:09]
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Khan Academy: Calculus: Polynomial Approximations of Functions (Part 5)

9th - 10th
Video lesson using a Maclaurin series to approximate a sine function by using a polynomial function. Generalizes the expansion of sine using sigma notation and relates it to the expansion for cosine. [9:24]
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Khan Academy: Calculus: Polynomial Approximation of Functions (Part 7)

9th - 10th
Video continues a discussion about the relationship between the polynomial approximations for the sine, cosine and e^x functions from Maclaurin series and uses those to derive Euler's formula and Euler's identity. [10:18]
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Khan Academy: Calculus: Polynomial Approximation of Functions (Part 4)

9th - 10th
Video lesson using a Maclaurin series to approximate a cosine function by using a polynomial function. Generalizes the expansion of cosine using sigma notation. [9:59]
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Khan Academy: Calculus: Polynomial Approximation of Functions (Part 6)

9th - 10th
Video lesson relating the polynomial approximations for the sine, cosine and e^x functions from Maclaurin series. [9:59]
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Khan Academy: Calculus: Polynomial Approximation of Functions (Part 1)

9th - 10th
Video lesson showing how to approximate a function at 0 using a polynomial by deriving the first three terms for the formula of a Maclaurin series. [9:45]
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Khan Academy: Calculus: Approximating Functions With Polynomials (Part 3)

9th - 10th
Video lesson using a Maclaurin series to approximate an exponential function by using a polynomial expansion. Provides two different definitions for e. [7:13]
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Khan Academy: Calculus: Visualizing Taylor Series Approximations

9th - 10th
Video lesson using the Wolfram Alpha website to show the graphs of the Maclaurin series expansion of the sine function, demonstrating that approximations with more terms are better approximations of the sine curve. [6:01]
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Khan Academy: Calculus: Maclaurin and Taylor Series Intuition

9th - 10th
Video lesson showing how to approximate a function at 0 using a polynomial by deriving the formula for a Maclaurin series. [12:58]
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Khan Academy: Calculus: Taylor Series at 0 (Maclaurin) for E to the X

9th - 10th
Video lesson using a Maclaurin series to approximate an exponential function by using a polynomial function and relates its polynomial approximation to that for the sine and cosine functions. [6:10]
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Khan Academy: Calculus: Sine Taylor Series at 0 (Maclaurin)

9th - 10th
Video lesson using a Maclaurin series to approximate a sine function by using a polynomial function. [6:33]
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Khan Academy: Calculus: Euler's Formula and Euler's Identity

9th - 10th
Video lesson using the polynomial approximations for the sine, cosine and exponential functions from Maclaurin series to derive Euler's formula and Euler's identity. [11:27]
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Khan Academy: Calculus: Cosine Taylor Series at 0 (Maclaurin)

9th - 10th
Video lesson using a Maclaurin series to approximate a cosine function by using a polynomial function. [5:37]
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Khan Academy: Taylor Series at 0 (Maclaurin) for E to the X

9th - 10th
Video lesson using a Maclaurin series to approximate an exponential function by using a polynomial function and relates its polynomial approximation to that for the sine and cosine functions.