Tutoring calculus, transcendental functions are important. The tutor mentions some examples of derivatives with them. Transcendental functions are ones that can’t be written in polynomial form. Some examples: sinx, logx, ex. Importantly, their derivates don’t collapse the way those of …

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The tutor looks at forming a Taylor polynomial with the example of square root 31. A transcendental function is one there is no operation for. Rather, it’s represented by a series of expressions. Square root and sin are two examples. …

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