The first three nonzero terms of the Maclaurin series for the arctangent function are x (1/3)x3+

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The first three nonzero terms of the Maclaurin series for the arctangent function are x − (1/3)x3+ (1/5)x5. Compute the absolute error and relative error in the following approximations of π using the polynomial in place of the arctangent:
a. 4[arctan(1/2) + arctan (1/3)
b. 16 arctan(1/5) − 4 arctan(1/239)
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Numerical Analysis

ISBN: 978-0538733519

9th edition

Authors: Richard L. Burden, J. Douglas Faires

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