"Maclaurin series" meaning in All languages combined

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Noun [English]

Forms: Maclaurin series [plural]
Etymology: Named after Scottish mathematician Colin Maclaurin (1698-1746), who made extensive use of the series. Head templates: {{en-noun|Maclaurin series}} Maclaurin series (plural Maclaurin series)
  1. (calculus) Any Taylor series that is centred at 0 (i.e., for which the origin is the reference point used to derive the series from its associated function); for a given infinitely differentiable complex function f, the power series f(0)+(f'(0))/(1!)x+(f(0))/(2!)x²+(f'(0))/(3!)x³+⋯=∑ₙ₌₀ ᪲(f⁽ⁿ⁾(0))/(n!),xⁿ. Wikipedia link: Colin Maclaurin, Maclaurin series Categories (topical): Calculus Hypernyms (Taylor series centred at 0): power series, Taylor series Translations (Taylor series centred at 0): 馬克勞林級數 (Chinese Mandarin), 马克劳林级数 (Chinese Mandarin), Maclaurinrække (Danish), Maclaurin-Reihe [feminine] (German), maclaurinsche Reihe [feminine] (German), serie di Maclaurin [feminine] (Italian), マクローリン級数 (Japanese), serie Maclaurin [feminine] (Romanian)

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