If does the linear approximation of equals the linear approximation of times the linear approximation of ? is it true for quadratic approximations as well?
Answer & Explanation
Sariah Glover
Expert
2022-07-12Added 16 answers
Let b be the linear approximation of around , and be the one of . Then we have which is clearly not linear. But actually the linear approximation of is since you just need to get rid of the term. For quadratic approximations, it's the same : you can multiply the two approximations, but then you need to get rid of all the terms with where . except for some particular cases, it is false.