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Example: linear approximation; problem
Problem.
Approximate a parabola
f
(
x
)
=
10
(
x
−
1
)
2
−
1
by a straight line.
V
=
span
{
1
,
x
}
That is,
ψ
0
(
x
)
=
1
,
ψ
1
(
x
)
=
x
, and
N
=
1
. We seek
u
=
c
0
ψ
0
(
x
)
+
c
1
ψ
1
(
x
)
=
c
0
+
c
1
x