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2013-03-21 20:13:52
The Taylor series for f (x) =
T (x) =
X
f (k) (a)
k=0
k!
(x a)k
expansion
f (a)
f 0 (a) (x a)
2
3
4
5
6
f (2) (a)
(x a)2
2!
f (3) (a)
(x a)3
3!
f (4) (a)
(x a)4
4!
f (5) (a)
(x a)5
5!
f (6) (a)
(x a)6
6!
Table 1:
simplified
at a = 0
(1 + a)1/2
1
1
1
1/2
(1 + a)
(x a)
x
2
2
1
1
(1 + a)3/2 (x a)2
x2
8
8
3
1 3
5/2
3
(1 + a)
(x a)
x
48
16
15
5 4
(1 + a)7/2 (x a)4
x
384
128
105
7
(1 + a)9/2 (x a)5
x5
3840
256
945
21 6
(1 + a)11/2 (x a)6
x
46080
1024