Find the linear approximation of the function f (x)= √1+x f (x) = 1 + x at a= 3, a = 3, and use it to estimate the value of √5. 5 Use a sketch to explain if this is an overestimate or underestimate of ...

Find a linear approximation to the function \ (f (x)=\sqrt [3] {x+8}\) at \ (a=0\text {.}\) Use this approximation to estimate the numbers \ (\sqrt [3] {7.95}\) and \ (\sqrt [3] {8.1}\text {.}\) ...

Formulate linear and integer programming problems for solving commonly encountered optimization problems. Understand how approximation algorithms compute solutions that are guaranteed to be within ...

Linear approximations to Euler equations imply a linear relationship between expected consumption growth and uncertainty in consumption growth, with a slope coefficient that is a function of the ...

Francoise Chatelin, The Spectral Approximation of Linear Operators with Applications to the Computation of Eigenelements of Differential and Integral Operators, SIAM Review, Vol. 23, No. 4 (Oct., 1981 ...