Calculus, 10th Edition (Anton)

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Chapter 9 - Infinite Series - 9.7 Maclaurin And Taylor Polynomials - Exercises Set 9.7 - Page 658: 24

Answer

$\Sigma_{k=0}^n \dfrac{(-1)^{k-1}(x-e)^k}{ke^k}$

Work Step by Step

The nth Taylor polynomial for a function $f$ is $$p_n(x)= f(x_0) + f'(x_0)(x-x_0) +\dfrac{f''(x_0)}{2!} (x-x_0)^2 +.......+\dfrac{f^n(x_0)}{n!} (x-x_0)^n$$ $f(x)=\ln x$ Differentiate w.r.t x $f'(x)=\dfrac{1}{x}$ $f''(x)=-\dfrac{1}{x^2}$ $f'''(x)=\dfrac{2}{x^3}$ $f''''(x)=\dfrac{-6}{x^4}$ Now $f(e)=0$, $f'(e)=\dfrac{1}{e}$, $f''(e)=-\dfrac{1}{e^2}$, $f'''(e)=\dfrac{2}{e^3}$, $f''''(e)=-\dfrac{6}{e^4}$ Hence the nth Taylor polynomial for a function is: $\displaystyle 1+\dfrac{1}{e}(x-e)+ .......+\dfrac{(-1)^{n-1}(x-e)^n}{ne^n}=\Sigma_{k=0}^n \dfrac{(-1)^{k-1}(x-e)^k}{ke^k}$
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