The replacement of a nonlinear function by a linear approximation is known as linearisation. The motivation for linearisation is to allow analysis of a nonlinear problem by linear techniques. The results of such analysis need to be interpreted with care to ensure that the linearising approximation does not cause unacceptably large errors.
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