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: 21

Answer

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

Work Step by Step

The nth Taylor polynomial for a function $f$ is $$p_n(x)= f(x_0) + f'(x_0)(x-x_0) +\dfrac{f''(x_0)}{2!} (x-x_0)^2 +.......+\dfrac{f^n(x_0)}{n!} (x-x_0)^n$$ $f(x)=\sin \pi x$ Differentiate w.r.t x $f'(x)=\pi cos\pi x$ $f''(x)=-\pi^2 \sin \pi x$ $f'''(x)=-\pi^3 \cos \pi x$ $f''''(x)=\pi^4 \sin \pi x$ Now $f(\dfrac{1}{2})=1$, $f'(\dfrac{1}{2})=0$, $f''(1/2)=-\pi^2$, $f'''(1/2)=0$, $f''''(1/2)=\pi^4$ Hence the nth Taylor polynomial for a function is: $\displaystyle 1-\dfrac{\pi^2}{2}(x-\dfrac{1}{2})^2+\dfrac{\pi^4}{24}(x-\dfrac{1}{2})^4+ .......+\dfrac{(-1)^n \pi^{2n}}{(2n)!}(x-\dfrac{1}{2})^{2n}=\Sigma_{k=0}^n \dfrac{(-1)^k \pi^{2k}}{(2k)!}(x-\dfrac{1}{2})^{2k}$
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