Truncation error

In numerical analysis and scientific computing, truncation error is an error caused by approximating a mathematical process.^[1]^[2] The term truncation comes from the fact that these simplifications often involve the truncation of an infinite series expansion so as to make the computation possible and practical.

^ Atkinson, Kendall E. (1989). An Introduction to Numerical Analysis (2nd ed.). New York: Wiley. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-471-62489-9. OCLC 803318878.
^ Stoer, Josef; Bulirsch, Roland (2002), Introduction to Numerical Analysis (3rd ed.), Princeton, N.J.: Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, OCLC 50556273, retrieved 2022-02-08

[Atkinson-1] Atkinson, Kendall E. (1989). An Introduction to Numerical Analysis (2nd ed.). New York: Wiley. p. 20. ISBN 978-0-471-62489-9. OCLC 803318878.

[Stoer-2] Stoer, Josef; Bulirsch, Roland (2002), Introduction to Numerical Analysis (3rd ed.), Princeton, N.J.: Recording for the Blind & Dyslexic, OCLC 50556273, retrieved 2022-02-08

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