Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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ISBN 10: 0-47064-772-8
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Chapter 9 - Infinite Series - 9.7 Maclaurin And Taylor Polynomials - Exercises Set 9.7 - Page 658: 19

Answer

$\Sigma_{k=0}^n-(x+1)^k$

Work Step by Step

The nth Taylor polynomial for a function $f$ is $$p_x(x)= f(x_0) + f'(x_0)(x-x_0) +\dfrac{f''(x_0)}{2!} (x-x_0)^2 +.......+\dfrac{f^n(x_0)}{n!} (x-x_0)^n$$ Given function, $f(x)=\dfrac{1}{x}$ Differentiate w.r.t x $f'(x)=-\dfrac{1}{x^2}$ $f''(x)=\dfrac{2}{x^3}$ $f'''(x)=-\dfrac{6}{x^4}$ $f''''(x)=\dfrac{24}{x^5}$ Now $f(-1)=1$, $f'(-1)=-1$, $f''(-1)=-2$, $f'''(-1)=-6$ and $f''''(-1)=-24$ Hence the Maclaurin Series for the function is $\displaystyle -1-(x+1)-(x+1)^2- .......-(x+10)^n=\Sigma_{k=0}^n-(x+1)^k$
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