# Taylor + Power Series

• May 1st 2008, 06:15 AM
bakanagaijin
Taylor + Power Series
I was having some trouble with these:

1. Find the Taylor polynomial of degree 4 centered at c=2 for the function $f(x)=\sqrt[3]{x}$

2. Given $e \approx 1 + 1 + {1^2\over2!}+ {1^3\over3!}+ {1^4\over4!}+ {1^4\over4!}$, use Taylor's Theorem to obtain an upper bound for the error of the approximation. Then calculate the exact value of the error.

3. Find the radius of convergence of the power series $\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}{(2n)!x^{2n} \over {n!}}$

Thank you and sorry for all the questions!
• May 1st 2008, 10:22 AM
ThePerfectHacker
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Originally Posted by bakanagaijin
2. Given $e \approx 1 + 1 + {1^2\over2!}+ {1^3\over3!}+ {1^4\over4!}+ {1^4\over4!}$, use Taylor's Theorem to obtain an upper bound for the error of the approximation. Then calculate the exact value of the error.

Let $T_5(1)$ be the above Taylor polynomial.
We have $e^1 - T_5(1) = \frac{e^y}{6!}(1)^6$ where $0. Note that $e^y < 3$.
Thus, $|e - T_5(1)| \leq \frac{3}{6!}$.
• May 1st 2008, 10:26 AM
ThePerfectHacker
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Originally Posted by bakanagaijin
3. Find the radius of convergence of the power series $\sum_{n=0}^{\infty}{(2n)!x^{2n} \over {n!}}$

Ratio test,
$\frac{(2n+2)!|x|^{2n+2}}{(n+1)!}\cdot \frac{n!}{(2n)!|x|^{2n} } = (2n+1)|x|^2$
This never converges unless $x=0$.