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Example Question #301 : Series In Calculus
Write out the first three terms of the Maclaurin series of the following function:
The Maclaurin series of a function is simply the Taylor series of a function about a=0:
Because we were asked to find the first three terms (n=0 to n=2), we must find the zeroth, first, and second derivatives of the function. The zeroth derivative is just the function itself.
Now plug in into the formula and write out the first three terms (n=0, 1, 2):
Example Question #11 : Maclaurin Series
Write out the first three terms for the Maclaurin series of the following function:
The Maclaurin series for any function is simply the Taylor series of the function about a=0:
We first must find the zeroth, first, and second derivative of the function (for n=0, 1, and 2). The zeroth derivative is the function itself:
The derivatives were found using the following rules:
,
Now, we just use the formula, with , to write out the first three terms of the series (n=0, 1, and 2):
Example Question #312 : Series In Calculus
Write the first two terms Maclaurin series of the following function:
The Maclaurin series for a function is simply the Taylor series for the function about a=0:
We must find the first two terms of the series, corresponding to n=0 and n=1. We need the zeroth and first derivative of the function, the zeroth derivative being the the function itself:
The derivative was found using the following rules:
, ,
Now, use the formula above to write out the first two terms:
Example Question #313 : Series In Calculus
Write out the first five terms of the Maclaurin series for the following function:
The Maclaurin series for any function is simply the Taylor series for the function about a=0:
First, we must find the zeroth through fourth derivative of the function. The zeroth derivative is simply the function itself.
The following rules were used for the derivatives:
,
Next, we simply evaluate all of the derivatives at and then write out all of the terms:
which simplified is equal to
Example Question #314 : Series In Calculus
Write out the first four terms of the Maclaurin series for the following function:
The Maclaurin series is the Taylor series for a function about a=0:
We need to find the zeroth, first, second, and third derivative of the function (n=0, 1, 2, and 3). The zeroth derivative is simply the function itself.
The derivatives were found using the following rule:
Now, use the above formula, with to write out the first four terms:
which simplified becomes
Example Question #315 : Series In Calculus
Write the first two terms of the Maclaurin series for the following function:
The Maclaurin series for any function is simply the Taylor series for the function about a=0:
For the first two terms (n=0, 1) we must find the zeroth and first derivative of the function. The zeroth derivative is just the function itself.
Now, using the above formula, write out the first two terms:
Example Question #52 : Polynomial Approximations And Series
Find the Maclaurin Series of the function
up to the fifth degree.
The formula for an i-th degree Maclaurin Polynomial is
For the fifth degree polynomial, we must evaluate the function up to its fifth derivative.
The summation becomes
And substituting for the values of the function and the first five derivative values, we get the Maclaurin Polynomial
Example Question #316 : Series In Calculus
Given the Maclaurin Series for the following function, write the summation of the series.
The Maclaurin series for is given by
The Maclaurin Series for is given by
Since the question asked
To write this sum, we can take out as a common factor for both series:
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