Maclaurin Series

By:
Muhimin Ghanem Khudair
Supervisor by:
Asst. Prof. Dr. Suad Khairi
2020/2019
 Maclaurin Series
If a function f(x) has continuous derivatives up to (n+1)th order, then this
function can be expanded in the following way:

where Rn, called the remainder after n+1 terms, is given by

When this expansion converges over a certain range of x, that is, limn→∞Rn=0, then the
expansion is called Taylor Series of f(x) expanded about a.

If a=0, the series is called Maclaurin Series:

Some Useful Maclaurin Series

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Example 1.

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Example 2.

Example 3.
μ
Find the Maclaurin series for (1+x)

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For x=0, we obtain.

Hence, the series expansion can be written in the form

This series is called the binomial series.

Example 4.