If you are using piecewise quadratic polynomials to approximate the function $f (x) = \ln x$ on the interval $[1, 2]$

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If you are using piecewise quadratic polynomials to approximate the function $f (x) = \ln x$ on the interval $[1, 2]$ and expect the maximum error to be smaller than $10^{-6}$, how many subintervals do you need?