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Re: function

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  • Subject: Re: function
  • From: alex at fff.chem.utah.edu (Alex Dommasch)
  • Date: Mon, 26 Oct 92 17:23:27 MST

     >  A question about forming functions.  Suppose I create a series, using
     >
     >  a=Normal[Series[Sin[x],{x,0,5}]]
     >
     >  giving a = x - x^3/3! + x^5/5!.
     >
     >  I now want to use a to create a function of x, which, functionally,
     >  is
     >
     >  f[x_]:=a.
     >
     >  This will not work in practice.  Is there a way to do this?  For
     >  something short, as in this example
     >
     >  -r. kline
     >  rvk at blink.att.com

How about:

In[1]:=
	f[x_] := Normal[Series[Sin[x], {x, 0, 5}]]

In[2]:=
	f[y]

Out[2]=

     3    5
    y    y
y - -- + ---
    6    120

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