Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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Chapter 9 - Infinite Series - 9.7 Maclaurin And Taylor Polynomials - Exercises Set 9.7 - Page 658: 18

Answer

$\Sigma_{k=0}^n\frac {(-1)^k(x-\ln 2)^k}{2k!} $

Work Step by Step

The nth Taylor polynomial for a function $f$ is $$p_x(x)= f(x_0) + f'(x_0)(x-x_0) +\dfrac{f''(x_0)}{2!} (x-x_0)^2 +.......+\dfrac{f^n(x_0)}{n!} (x-x_0)^n$$ $f(x)=e^{-x}$ Differentiate w.r.t x $f'(x)=-e^{-x}$ $f''(x)=e^{-x}$ $f'''(x)=-e^{-x}$ $f''''(x)=e^{-x}$ Now $f(\ln 2)=\dfrac{1}{2}$, $f'(\ln 2)=-\dfrac{1}{2}$, $f''(\ln 2)=\dfrac{1}{2}$, $f'''(\ln 2)=-\dfrac{1}{2}$ and $f''''(\ln 2)=\dfrac{1}{2}$ Hence the Maclaurin Series for the function is $\displaystyle \dfrac{1}{2}-\dfrac{1}{2}(x-\ln 2)+\dfrac{(x-\ln 2)^2}{4} .......+ \Sigma_{k=0}^n\frac {(-1)^n(x-\ln 2)^n}{2n!} =\Sigma_{k=0}^n\frac {(-1)^k(x-\ln 2)^k}{2k!} $
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