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		jakear on Feb 17, 2022 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: It's often said that the Analytical Engine was bef... Bit confused by Δ⁷uₓ = 0, should it be read as “approximately equals”?

svat on Feb 17, 2022 [–]

Either that, or I think the idea is that uₓ is a polynomial of degree at most 6. (Such a polynomial is what the difference engine computes, and it may be a good approximation for the actually desired function.)

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