Science:Math Exam Resources/Courses/MATH103/April 2009/Question 02
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Using the fact that for x near zero, find the Taylor series for the function valid for x near zero. |
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Note that If you multiply the two corresponding Taylor series, what will be the coefficient in front of the xk term? Start with small values of k and find a pattern. |
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Next we start to multiply the two infinite sums term by term, and sort the result by powers of x. Failed to parse (unknown function "\begin{align}"): {\displaystyle \begin{align} \sum_{k=0}^\infty x^k\cdot \sum_{m=0}^\infty x^m &= {\color{red} \left(1+x+x^2+x^3+\dots\right)}{\color{blue} \left(1+x+x^2+x^3+\dots\right)} \\ &= ({\color{red} 1} \cdot {\color{blue} 1}) + ({\color{red} x} \cdot {\color{blue} 1} + {\color{red} 1} \cdot {\color{blue} x}) + ({\color{red} 1} \cdot {\color{blue} x^2} + {\color{red} x} \cdot {\color{blue} x} + {\color{red} x^2} \cdot {\color{blue} 1}) \\ &\quad + ({\color{red} 1} \cdot {\color{blue} x^3} + {\color{red} x} \cdot {\color{blue} x^2} + {\color{red} x^2} \cdot {\color{blue} x} + {\color{red} x^3} \cdot {\color{blue} 1} ) + \dots\\ &= 1+2x + 3x^2 + 4x^3 + \dots \end{align} } Now we can see the pattern: There are always k + 1 combinations that give the term xk. Hence the Taylor series is given by . |