For small \( p \), Taylor expand \( \tilde\omega \) as polynomial in \( p \):
>>> C, p = symbols('C p')
>>> rs = r(C, p).series(p, 0, 7)
>>> print rs
1 - p**2/6 + p**4/120 - p**6/5040 + C**2*p**2/6 -
C**2*p**4/12 + 13*C**2*p**6/720 + 3*C**4*p**4/40 -
C**4*p**6/16 + 5*C**6*p**6/112 + O(p**7)
>>> # Factorize each term and drop the remainder O(...) term
>>> rs_factored = [factor(term) for term in rs.lseries(p)]
>>> rs_factored = sum(rs_factored)
>>> print rs_factored
p**6*(C - 1)*(C + 1)*(225*C**4 - 90*C**2 + 1)/5040 +
p**4*(C - 1)*(C + 1)*(3*C - 1)*(3*C + 1)/120 +
p**2*(C - 1)*(C + 1)/6 + 1
Leading error term is \( \frac{1}{6}(C^2-1)p^2 \) or $$ \frac{1}{6}\left(\frac{k\Delta x}{2}\right)^2(C^2-1) = \frac{k^2}{24}\left( c^2\Delta t^2 - \Delta x^2\right) = \Oof{\Delta t^2, \Delta x^2} $$