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Smooth approximation of the $\max\{0,x\}$ function with controlled derivatives

Motivation/Hand-Wavy Question: In this post, it was asked what the best local approximation of $f(x):=\max\{0,x\}$ is by a polynomial of a given degree; with the answer provided by Chebyshev's ...
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