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71.

We know that Taylors series of f(x) at x = c is given by


( )
2
"( ) ( )
( ) ( ) '( )( ) ( ) ....... ( ) .....
2! !
n
n
f c f c
f x f c f c x c x c x c
n
= + + + + +
Take f(x)= cos x and c =
4
t

f(x) = -sin x , '( ) cos
4 2 4
f
t t t | |
= +
|
\ .

f(x)= -cos x
2
''( ) cos
4 2 4
f
t t t | |
= +
|
\ .

similarly
( )
( ) cos
4 2 4
n
n
f
t t t | |
= +
|
\ .

Thus Taylors series for f(x)= cos x is
2
0
2
cos cos
2 4 2 4
( ) cos cos ( ) ( ) ....... ( ) .....
4 2 4 4 2! 4 ! 4
cos
2 4
( )
! 4
n
n
n
n
f x x x x
n
n
x
n
t t t t
t t t t t t
t t
t

=
| | | |
+ +
| |
| | | |
\ . \ .
= + + + + + +
| |
\ . \ .
| |
+
|
\ .
=

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