在第六章 § 3 § 3 §3 的泰勒定理中曾指出, 若函数 f f f 在点 x 0 x_{0} x0的某邻域上存在直至 n + 1 n+1 n+1 阶的连续导数, 则
f ( x ) = f ( x 0 ) + f ′ ( x 0 ) ( x − x 0 ) + f ′ ′ ( x 0 ) 2 ! ( x − x 0 ) 2 + ⋯ + f ( n ) ( x 0 ) n ! ( x − x 0 ) n + R n ( x ) , ( 1 ) \begin{aligned} f(x)=f\left(x_{0}\right)+ & f^{\prime}\left(x_{0}\right)\left(x-x_{0}\right)+\frac{f^{\prime \prime}\left(x_{0}\right)}{2 !}\left(x-x_{0}\right)^{2}+\cdots+ \frac{f^{(n)}\left(x_{0}\right)}{n !}\left(x-x_{0}\right)^{n}+R_{n}(x), \quad\quad(1) \end{aligned} f(x)=f(x0)+f′(x0)(x−x0)+2!f′′(x0)(x−x0)2+⋯+