Tea Time Numerical Analysis · Problem 1.2.28

Preliminaries — Leon Brin

Mathematics — Numerical Analysis · taylor-remainder

Problem

Suppose f(x)f(x) is such that −3≤f(10)(x)≤7-3 \leq f^{(10)}(x) \leq 7 for all x∈[0,10]x \in [0, 10]. Find lower and upper bounds on the absolute error in using T9(x)T_9(x) expanded about x0=3x_0 = 3 to approximate ((a)) f(0)f(0). ((b)) f(10)f(10).

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