Convergence of Taylor Series
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MTH 253
Calculus (Other Topics)
Chapter 11 – Infinite Sequences and Series
Section 11.9 – Convergence of Taylor Series;
Error Estimates
Copyright © 2009 by Ron Wallace, all rights reserved.
The Mean Value Theorem
f (b) f (a )
f '(c)
ba
OR …
Letting b = x …
From section 4.2
for some c between a and b
f (b) f (a) f '(c)(b a)
f ( x) f (a) f '(c)( x a )
for some c between a and x
Taylor’s Formula
A generalization of the
Mean Value Theorem
f ( x) Pn ( x) Rn ( x)
where …
Remainder
n
Pn ( x)
k 0
f ( k ) (a)
( x a) k
k!
of order
n.
f ( n1) (c)
Rn ( x)
( x a)n1
(n 1)!
for some c between a and x
If lim Rn ( x) 0 x I , then f ( x)
n
k 0
f ( k ) ( a)
( x a) k
k!
Remainder Estimate
Remainder
of order
n.
If M f ( n 1) (t )
f ( n1) (c)
Rn ( x)
( x a)n1
(n 1)!
t between x and a ,
then
Rn ( x) M
xa
n 1
(n 1)!
Application Example
Rn ( x) M
xa
n 1
(n 1)!
How many terms of its Maclaurin series are
needed to approximate cos x with an error less
than 0.001?
d n 1
M n 1 [cos x]
dx
then
Rn ( x) 1
M 1
n 1
[ 2 ]n1
0.001
(n 1)! (n 1)!
x
n = 6 gives 0.00468
n = 7 gives 0.00092
Generating Taylor Series
Given known Taylor Series, other
series can be obtained using the
following operations term by term …
Substitution
Addition & Subtraction
Multiplication
Differentiation
Integration
Generating Taylor Series
Example 1
1
1 x x 2 x3
1 x
let x = -x2
1
2
4
6
1
x
x
x
2
1 x
integrate
x3 x5 x 7
tan x x
3 5 7
1
Much easier than finding a general formula for
the nth derivative of the tan-1x function.
Generating Taylor Series
Example 2
2
3
4
x
x
x
ex 1 x
2 6 24
x2 x4
cos x 1
2 24
Multiply
x3 x 4
e cos x 1 x
3 6
x
Much easier than finding derivatives excosx … try it?
Some important Taylor & Maclaurin Series
See the list on page 815.
Some things to note:
• Don’t forget to consider the interval of convergence.
• Some converge quickly (esp. w/ n! involved).
• Some converge slowly (e.g. ln(1+x)).