Help me with Taylor's theorem please

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Help me with taylor's theorem
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Help me with taylor's theorem
I am trying to grasp how the last equation is derived. I understand everything, but the only thing problematic is why in the end, it's ##+O(\epsilon)## and not ##-O(\epsilon)##. It will be easier to directly attach the image, so please, see image attached.
 

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I am not accustomed the way of the text. What is the text you use ?
 
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O-notation tells you about the magnitude of the error in some limit, in this case [itex]\epsilon \to 0[/itex]; the sign of the error can depend on [itex]\epsilon[/itex], so it is conventional to use a plus sign.
 
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The expression, ##f=g+O(\epsilon)## means that there exists such positive number ##M## that ##|f-g| \leq M|\epsilon|##.
OTOH, ##f=g-O(\epsilon)## means ##g=f+O(\epsilon)##, which means that there exists such positive number ##M## that ##|g-f| \leq M|\epsilon|##. This is the same as above. So, one can always use ##+O(\epsilon)##.
 
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