Taylor Series

Test Preparation
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<p>Has anyone else fallen in love with this? It's so elegant.</p>

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<p>I'm on this topic in Calculus BC (I made a 5 on AB last year and am teaching myself the remaining topics to take BC this year) and I must say that they look elegant, if only I understood them. I would love to know how/why to do these, but no matter how hard I try, this series and sequences stuff just seems impossible. Anyone know any good online resources to help me understand this mess?</p>

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<p>taylors are cool, all of the BC stuff on series is cool. i like related rates and optimization too...thats really fun. two thumbs DOWN to vectors...polars are okay though.</p>

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<li>"Has anyone else fallen in love with this? It's so elegant."</li>
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<p>Yes, I was amazed at how cool it was the first time I saw it. But I fall in love with a lot of different math topics, so its not new :)</p>

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<p>I'm self-studying for "part C" (to take the BC test), and I haven't had a chance to do them, yet... so I guess I have something to look forward to... kind of. :p</p>

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<p>i hate all this BC series stuff. i think it's the thing i hate the most out of all the calc topics. i'm just not a math person.</p>

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<p>I dont like all of the series tests for bc, but I <3 Taylor series. Half of my calc class's mouths dropped when we graphed the function and the approximation; it was that incredible. Taylor is a genius.</p>

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<p>I understand and really like the Taylor approximations, but I'm just not quite getting the Series part of it. The series tests are just so hard for me to learn.</p>

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<p>Haha, when I took BC last year my teacher never taught it because it hadn't been on the AP test in 5 years... guess what shows up on test day?</p>

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<p>Taylor Series are nice. Memorizing the formula never gets you anywhere though, you should learn why they work. </p>

<p>I didn't know vectors were on the exam. Vector calculus is horrible; I hope it doesn't constitute much of the test.</p>

<p>So who else is self-studying for the exam?</p>

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<p>" vectors were on the exam. Vector calculus is horrible; I hope it doesn't constitute much of the test"
Only the most basic stuff is on, and its entirely possible to get a 5 without knowing it. Don't worry too much about it. And I am also self studying.</p>

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<p>Taylor Series are cool, and I am guessing that is how calculator does it?</p>

<p>I really hate polar, just cuz i don't have too much experience with them(precalc class hasn't reached that chapter), and I have trouble graphing em in my head :(</p>