Can’t we just say something like “Optimize e^(-x²). The Taylor series converges, so we can optimize it instead. Use a partial sum as a proxy. Oops, we chose the worst possible value. Should have used another mode of convergence!”?
Can’t we just say something like “Optimize e^(-x²). The Taylor series converges, so we can optimize it instead. Use a partial sum as a proxy. Oops, we chose the worst possible value. Should have used another mode of convergence!”?