Re: Infinite series are aproximations?

From: Dirk Van de moortel (dirkvandemoortel_at_ThankS-NO-SperM.hotmail.com)
Date: 11/18/04

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Date: Thu, 18 Nov 2004 19:03:58 GMT

"Androcles" <dummy@dummy.net> wrote in message news:9c6nd.3502$08.347@fe2.news.blueyonder.co.uk...
>
> "Emil" <epleite@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:faef3d8d.0411180703.5f1b8c8@posting.google.com...
> : I've just read the text from this site:
> :
> http://users.pandora.be/vdmoortel/dirk/Physics/Fumbles/TVFSeries.html
> :
> : Perhaps this is not the right NG to ask about this but I saw that
> the
> : context involved GTR.
> :
> : What is wrong in saying that expansions of functions into a infinite
> : series are technically "aproximations"? If one is comparing an
> : infinite series with an observation one must trucate the series
> : somewhere. To me this constitutes a "technical aproximation" (if by
> : technical we mean "practical") because no one can calculate infinity
> : terms of a series.
> :
> : Can someone explain to me what is so wrong about that statement? :-)
> :
> : Emil.
> Usually (not always) the series approaches a limit.

Do stay away from mathematics as far as you can, imbecile.

Dirk Vdm

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