# Math Help - Taylor Expansion on d/d

1. ## Taylor Expansion on d/d(f(x))[sqrt(x+f(x))]

I need to find the first 2 orders of the taylor series on the expression below.

sqrt(Psi_s0 + Phi_t*exp((Psi_s0-2*Phi_F - V_SB)/Phi_t))

where Phi_t*exp((Psi_s0-2*Phi_F - V_SB)/Phi_t) is defined as Xi, and the taylor series is around Xi = 0.

2. Originally Posted by was1984
I need to find the first 2 orders of the taylor series on the expression below.

sqrt(Psi_s0 + Phi_t*exp((Psi_s0-2*Phi_F - V_SB)/Phi_t))

where Phi_t*exp((Psi_s0-2*Phi_F - V_SB)/Phi_t) is defined as Xi, and the taylor series is around Xi = 0.

$\sqrt{\psi_{s0}+\phi_{t}e^{\frac{\psi_{s0}-2\cdot\phi_f-V_{SB}}{\phi_t}}}$??

3. Yes, thank you, that is correct.

4. Originally Posted by was1984
Yes, thank you, that is correct.
What is the variable in which we are differentiating in respect to? I will assume it is $\psi$

Then let $f(\psi)$ be equal to the above expression, then the second order polynomial would be

$f(0)+f'(0)x+\frac{f''(0)x^2}{2}$

5. The variable we are differentiating with respect to is Xi, which is the second term under the square root.

6. I'll try to elaborate. We are setting $\xi = \phi_{t}e^{\frac{\psi_{s0}-2\cdot\phi_f-V_{SB}}{\phi_t}}$

Then we are solving the series around $\xi = 0$

So I actually want expand an equation of the form $\sqrt{\psi_{s0}+\xi(\psi_{s0})}$ for $\xi(\psi_{s0})$, and I only need the first two terms, fortunately.