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docs: Update reference of Approximation (backport #22550) #22558

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A few months ago, a security researcher [reported a vulnerability](https://blog.trailofbits.com/2023/10/23/numbers-turned-weapons-dos-in-osmosis-math-library/) in the Osmosis codebase stemming from [PowApprox function](https://github.com/osmosis-labs/osmosis/blob/44a6a100a92f2984a760b41b7486fb9000ac670e/osmomath/math.go#L86). The crux of the issue was centered around long-lasting convergence for certain input values. A determined attacker could in theory use such edge cases to temporarily halt the chain. **The solution in these cases is simple - [introduce a constant loop bound](https://github.com/osmosis-labs/osmosis/pull/6627).**

As a side note, from our experience, rational approximation is a more accurate and performant substitute to Taylor expansion which is used in `PowApprox` of the above example. See [this article](https://xn--2-umb.com/22/approximation/) for details.
As a side note, from our experience, rational approximation is a more accurate and performant substitute to Taylor expansion which is used in `PowApprox` of the above example. See [this article](https://web.archive.org/web/20240628100055/https://xn--2-umb.com/22/approximation/) for details.

## Key Malleability and Prefix Iteration

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