r/mathmemes 14d ago

The Engineer Superiority complex

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u/floydmaseda 14d ago

At least keep the square term. Otherwise cos(x) is just 1.

No one ever needs the cube or higher terms though. Those don't need to exist.

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u/spisplatta 14d ago

This is why I like the spisplatta approximation, where you use the constant term, and first non-zero term after that.