University of Minnesota
School of Mathematics
School of Mathematics         The diagram illustrates the local accuracy of the tangent line approximation to a smooth curve, or--otherwise stated--the closeness of the differential of a function to the difference of function values due to a small increment of the independent variable.  
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Daniel Spirn
Assistant Professor

112b Vincent Hall
206 Church St. SE
University of Minnesota
Minneapolis, MN 55455

Phone: +1 612 625 1349
FAX:    +1 612 626 2017

Email:spirn@math.umn.edu
Daniel Spirn's research interests are in the area of partial differential equations and applied mathematics