Talk:Linearization
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Can someone better at Wiki editing fix this? In the section "Linearization of a Function", at the end it says: "For x = a, f(a) is f(x) at a. The derivative of f(x) is f'(x), and the slope of f(x) at a is f'(a)." But the derivative, i.e., "f'(x)" is not displaying with the apostraphe. Also, I deleted the following line, which is actually a discussion and not an encyclopedic entry: "Instead of a linear function, perhaps, would x not be better approximated with polynomial? This can be accomplished via Taylor series. This is not the purpose of linearization though." Perhaps it could be stated instead as something like: "x can be approximated via Taylor series". —Preceding unsigned comment added by 70.165.109.56 (talk) 17:39, 15 September 2007 (UTC)
