Approximation theory - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Approximation theory is a field of mathematics which is concerned with approximating the values of a function. Usually, the approximation is only needed for a range of values or domain. A good approximation will only have a small error in the domain of interest.

There are different ways in which this approximation is done: common ones are using a combination of simpler functions or using polynomials.

Related pages[change | change source]

• Curve fitting
• Rounding
• Taylor series

Further reading[change | change source]

• Trefethen, L. N. (2019). Approximation theory and approximation practice. Society for Industrial and Applied Mathematics.

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