Looking at the mathematical side of economics in today's trying times.
Monday, February 8, 2010
Math Mystery
It is amazing how easily you can get things wrong when you forget the basics. Here is a case and point from today, I was recalling the Taylor series of ex, and something didn't add up. First lets look at the intergral of ex:
Noting the Taylor Series of ex:
Clearly these two methods yield a different result. Spot the error that I made, it took me a second to figure it out....
Really nice :) commonly made mistake ;)
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