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  • error

    Truncation error results from ignoring all but a finite number of terms of an infinite series. For example, the exponential function ex may be expressed as the sum of the infinite series 1 + x + x2/2 + x3/6 + ⋯ + xn/n! + ⋯…

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    Truncation error results from ignoring all but a finite number of terms of an infinite series. For example, the exponential function ex may be expressed as the sum of the infinite series 1 + x + x2/2 + x3/6 + ⋯ + xn/n! + ⋯…

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