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[–] Neverclear@lemmy.dbzer0.com 14 points 4 days ago (2 children)

Most aspects of our daily lives rely on Taylor series, polynomial expansion, and approximation theory in general. Everything built or planned using computer modeling software, down to the trig functions on your calculator... they all use polynomial approximations to allow a discrete mathematical machine to get us to within a certain error percentage of a continuous function in a timely manner.

[–] teft@piefed.social 6 points 4 days ago (1 children)
[–] PhobosAnomaly@feddit.uk 4 points 4 days ago

Ah yes, that tracks with the very surface level overview that I picked up from it. It was only when I saw the magic "optional" tag that I was like noooope!

Maybe I'll have a look at it in more detail when I get a free summer 😊