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# scipy.interpolate.approximate_taylor_polynomial

`scipy.interpolate.``approximate_taylor_polynomial`(f, x, degree, scale, order=None)

  Estimate the Taylor polynomial of f at x by polynomial fitting.

  Parameters : | f : callable The function whose Taylor polynomial is sought. Should accept a vector of x values. x : scalar The point at which the polynomial is to be evaluated. degree : int The degree of the Taylor polynomial scale : scalar The width of the interval to use to evaluate the Taylor polynomial. Function values spread over a range this wide are used to fit the polynomial. Must be chosen carefully. order : int or None The order of the polynomial to be used in the fitting; f will be evaluated `order+1` times. If None, use degree.
  Returns : | p : poly1d instance The Taylor polynomial (translated to the origin, so that for example p(0)=f(x)).

  Notes

  The appropriate choice of “scale” is a trade-off; too large and the function differs from its Taylor polynomial too much to get a good answer, too small and round-off errors overwhelm the higher-order terms. The algorithm used becomes numerically unstable around order 30 even under ideal circumstances.

  Choosing order somewhat larger than degree may improve the higher-order terms.

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