File:Taylor approximation of natural logarithm.gif
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Summary
| Description |
English: animation showing the Taylor series of the natural logarithm at x=1 |
| Date | |
| Source | Own work |
| Author | Jakob.scholbach |
Mathematica source code
g2 = Table[
Plot[{Log[z], Sum[-(1 - z)^n/n, {n, 1, k}]},
{z, 0, 5},
ImageSize -> 300,
Ticks -> {{1, 2, 4}, {-2, -1, 0, 1, 3}},
AxesStyle ->
Directive[FontSize -> 12, FontFamily -> "Arial", Gray],
AxesLabel -> {"\!\(\*
StyleBox[\"x\",\nFontSlant->\"Italic\"]\)", "ln(\!\(\*
StyleBox[\"x\",\nFontSlant->\"Italic\"]\))"},
PlotStyle -> {{Black, Thickness[0.003]},
{RGBColor[0, 0.5, 0.2], Thickness[.015]}},
PlotRange -> {{0, 3}, {-3, 2}},
Epilog -> {
FontSize -> 12, FontFamily -> "Arial",
Inset["k = " <> ToString[k], {0.8, 1.2}]
}],
{k, {1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 99, 100}}]
Export["Taylor_approximation_of_natural_logarithm.gif", g2,
"DisplayDurations" -> {.4, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, .5, 1}]
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| Date/Time | Thumbnail | Dimensions | User | Comment | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| current | 05:31, 5 March 2011 | | 300 × 185 (39 KB) | wikimediacommons>Stpasha | Add labels, made the Taylor approximation line more pronounced, added two more steps with large k's: k=99 and k=100 (almost the limiting case), font for labels converted into Arial to match the font used by the article. |
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