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Polynomial expansions such as the [[Taylor series]] expansion are often convenient for theoretical work but less useful for practical applications. For practical work it is often desirable to minimize the maximum absolute or relative error of a polynomial fit for any given number of terms in an effort to reduce computational expense of repeated evaluation.