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Calc09 2day1
Calc09 2day1
2: Taylor Series
Brook Taylor was an
accomplished musician and
painter. He did research in a
variety of areas, but is most
famous for his development of
ideas regarding infinite series.
Brook Taylor
1685 - 1731
P x a0 a1 x a2 x 2 a3 x 3 a4 x 4
f x ln x 1 at x 0
P x a0 a1 x a2 x 2 a3 x 3 a4 x 4
P x a0 a1 x a2 x 2 a3 x 3 a4 x 4
f x ln x 1
P 0 a0
f 0 ln 1 0
a0 0
f x
1 x
1
f 0 1
1
f x
f x ln x 1
P 0 a1
1
1 x
f 0 1
1
a1 1
1
a2
2
P x a0 a1 x a2 x 2 a3 x 3 a4 x 4
1 x
1
f 0 1
1
f x 2
f x
P 0 2a2
1 x
x 6
P 0 6a3
1 x
f 4 0 6
1
a2
2
P x 6a3 24a4 x
f 0 2
4
f x ln x 1
P
P
x 24a4
0 24a4
2
a3
6
6
a4
24
P x a0 a1 x a2 x 2 a3 x 3 a4 x 4
f x ln x 1
1 2 2 3 6 4
P x 0 1x x x
x
2
6
24
x 2 x3 x 4
P x 0 x
2 3 4
f x ln x 1
P x
Our polynomial:
has the form:
or:
1
2
6
0 1x x 2 x 3 x 4
2
6
24
f 0 2 f 0 3 f 4 0 4
f 0 f 0 x
x
x
x
2
6
24
f 0 f 0
f 0 2 f 0 3 f 4 0 4
x
x
x
x
0!
1!
2!
3!
4!
Maclaurin Series:
(generated by f at x 0 )
f 0 2 f 0 3
P x f 0 f 0 x
x
x
2!
3!
2!
3!
example:
y cos x
f x cos x
f x sin x
f 0 1
f x sin x f 0 0
f 0 0
x cos x
f 4 0 1
f x cos x f 0 1
1x 2 0 x 3 1x 4 0 x 5 1x 6
P x 1 0x
2!
3!
4!
5!
6!
x 2 x 4 x 6 x8 x10
P x 1
2! 4! 6! 8! 10!
y cos x
x 2 x 4 x 6 x8 x10
P x 1
2! 4! 6! 8! 10!
example:
y cos 2 x
P x 1
2!
4!
6!
8!
10!
2
10
example:
y cos x
at x
2
f x cos x
0
2
1
2
f x sin x f
f x sin x f 1
2
f x cos x f 0
2
P x 0 1 x x
2
2!
P x x
2
x
2
3!
x cos x
3!
x
2
2
5!
0
2
x2 x4
cos x 1
2! 4!
x3 term
dropsrequired
out when
the to
third
derivative.
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