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Subsections
3.2 Example
From [1, p. 402, 10b]
Asked:
The Maclaurin series of .
3.2.1 Identification
General Taylor series:
This is a power series ( is a given constant.) Maclaurin series:
0.
Approach:
- note that 0;
- identify the derivatives;
- evaluate them at 0;
- put in the formula;
- identify the terms for any value of .
3.2.2 Results
General expression:
3.2.3 Other way
Write and look up the
Maclaurin series for the cosine. (No fair.)