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Re:Differentiable programming from scratch by data_maan on Monday August 01, 2022 @02:11AM (#32302647)
Rather then repeating various arguments, I think it's best to just mention this link, which provides explanations and illuminating examples of the phenomenon of smooth functions with diverging Taylor series: https://mathoverflow.net/questions/72/whats-an-example-of-a-...

Quote by Pietro Majer from the link: "it is more useful to communicate the (historically non-trivial) idea that there is a difference between a function and a representation of it by means of a formula"

Re:Differentiable programming from scratch by kragen on Monday August 01, 2022 @02:35AM (#32302786)
Thanks! I wonder why the example of a smooth function with a diverging Taylor series here is so much more complicated than arctan.