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Use ( 1 + x ) 1 / 3 = 1 + 1 3 x 1 9 x 2 + 5 81 x 3 10 243 x 4 + with x = 1 to approximate 2 1 / 3 .

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Use the approximation ( 1 x ) 2 / 3 = 1 2 x 3 x 2 9 4 x 3 81 7 x 4 243 14 x 5 729 + for | x | < 1 to approximate 2 1 / 3 = 2.2 −2 / 3 .

Twice the approximation is 1.260 whereas 2 1 / 3 = 1.2599. ...

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Find the 25 th derivative of f ( x ) = ( 1 + x 2 ) 13 at x = 0 .

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Find the 99 th derivative of f ( x ) = ( 1 + x 4 ) 25 .

f ( 99 ) ( 0 ) = 0

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In the following exercises, find the Maclaurin series of each function.

f ( x ) = 2 x

n = 0 ( ln ( 2 ) x ) n n !

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f ( x ) = sin ( x ) x , ( x > 0 ) ,

For x > 0 , sin ( x ) = n = 0 ( −1 ) n x ( 2 n + 1 ) / 2 x ( 2 n + 1 ) ! = n = 0 ( −1 ) n x n ( 2 n + 1 ) ! .

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f ( x ) = e x 3

e x 3 = n = 0 x 3 n n !

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f ( x ) = cos 2 x using the identity cos 2 x = 1 2 + 1 2 cos ( 2 x )

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f ( x ) = sin 2 x using the identity sin 2 x = 1 2 1 2 cos ( 2 x )

sin 2 x = k = 1 ( −1 ) k 2 2 k 1 x 2 k ( 2 k ) !

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In the following exercises, find the Maclaurin series of F ( x ) = 0 x f ( t ) d t by integrating the Maclaurin series of f term by term. If f is not strictly defined at zero, you may substitute the value of the Maclaurin series at zero.

F ( x ) = 0 x e t 2 d t ; f ( t ) = e t 2 = n = 0 ( −1 ) n t 2 n n !

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F ( x ) = tan −1 x ; f ( t ) = 1 1 + t 2 = n = 0 ( −1 ) n t 2 n

tan −1 x = k = 0 ( −1 ) k x 2 k + 1 2 k + 1

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F ( x ) = tanh −1 x ; f ( t ) = 1 1 t 2 = n = 0 t 2 n

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F ( x ) = sin −1 x ; f ( t ) = 1 1 t 2 = k = 0 ( 1 2 k ) t 2 k k !

sin −1 x = n = 0 ( 1 2 n ) x 2 n + 1 ( 2 n + 1 ) n !

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F ( x ) = 0 x sin t t d t ; f ( t ) = sin t t = n = 0 ( −1 ) n t 2 n ( 2 n + 1 ) !

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F ( x ) = 0 x cos ( t ) d t ; f ( t ) = n = 0 ( −1 ) n x n ( 2 n ) !

F ( x ) = n = 0 ( −1 ) n x n + 1 ( n + 1 ) ( 2 n ) !

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F ( x ) = 0 x 1 cos t t 2 d t ; f ( t ) = 1 cos t t 2 = n = 0 ( −1 ) n t 2 n ( 2 n + 2 ) !

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F ( x ) = 0 x ln ( 1 + t ) t d t ; f ( t ) = n = 0 ( −1 ) n t n n + 1

F ( x ) = n = 1 ( −1 ) n + 1 x n n 2

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In the following exercises, compute at least the first three nonzero terms (not necessarily a quadratic polynomial) of the Maclaurin series of f .

f ( x ) = sin ( x + π 4 ) = sin x cos ( π 4 ) + cos x sin ( π 4 )

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f ( x ) = tan x

x + x 3 3 + 2 x 5 15 +

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f ( x ) = e x cos x

1 + x x 3 3 x 4 6 +

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f ( x ) = sec 2 x

1 + x 2 + 2 x 4 3 + 17 x 6 45 +

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f ( x ) = tan x x (see expansion for tan x )

Using the expansion for tan x gives 1 + x 3 + 2 x 2 15 .

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In the following exercises, find the radius of convergence of the Maclaurin series of each function.

1 1 + x 2

1 1 + x 2 = n = 0 ( −1 ) n x 2 n so R = 1 by the ratio test.

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ln ( 1 + x 2 )

ln ( 1 + x 2 ) = n = 1 ( −1 ) n 1 n x 2 n so R = 1 by the ratio test.

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Find the Maclaurin series of sinh x = e x e x 2 .

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Find the Maclaurin series of cosh x = e x + e x 2 .

Add series of e x and e x term by term. Odd terms cancel and cosh x = n = 0 x 2 n ( 2 n ) ! .

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Differentiate term by term the Maclaurin series of sinh x and compare the result with the Maclaurin series of cosh x .

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[T] Let S n ( x ) = k = 0 n ( −1 ) k x 2 k + 1 ( 2 k + 1 ) ! and C n ( x ) = n = 0 n ( −1 ) k x 2 k ( 2 k ) ! denote the respective Maclaurin polynomials of degree 2 n + 1 of sin x and degree 2 n of cos x . Plot the errors S n ( x ) C n ( x ) tan x for n = 1 , .. , 5 and compare them to x + x 3 3 + 2 x 5 15 + 17 x 7 315 tan x on ( π 4 , π 4 ) .


This graph has two curves. The first one is a decreasing function passing through the origin. The second is a broken line which is an increasing function passing through the origin. The two curves are very close around the origin.
The ratio S n ( x ) C n ( x ) approximates tan x better than does p 7 ( x ) = x + x 3 3 + 2 x 5 15 + 17 x 7 315 for N 3 . The dashed curves are S n C n tan for n = 1 , 2 . The dotted curve corresponds to n = 3 , and the dash-dotted curve corresponds to n = 4 . The solid curve is p 7 tan x .

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Use the identity 2 sin x cos x = sin ( 2 x ) to find the power series expansion of sin 2 x at x = 0 . ( Hint: Integrate the Maclaurin series of sin ( 2 x ) term by term.)

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If y = n = 0 a n x n , find the power series expansions of x y and x 2 y .

By the term-by-term differentiation theorem, y = n = 1 n a n x n 1 so y = n = 1 n a n x n 1 x y = n = 1 n a n x n , whereas y = n = 2 n ( n 1 ) a n x n 2 so x y = n = 2 n ( n 1 ) a n x n .

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[T] Suppose that y = k = 0 a k x k satisfies y = −2 x y and y ( 0 ) = 0 . Show that a 2 k + 1 = 0 for all k and that a 2 k + 2 = a 2 k k + 1 . Plot the partial sum S 20 of y on the interval [ −4 , 4 ] .

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