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Homework on Series Expansion and Limits

1. The document discusses using an integral to derive Leibniz's formula for pi, which expresses pi as an infinite series. 2. It notes that while the integrand series converges at x=1, Leibniz's formula itself converges very slowly and is not useful for numerical work. 3. The homework questions ask to: a) prove the equation for Leibniz's formula, and b) take the limit as epsilon approaches 0 of a term in the Klein-Nishina formula for photon scattering by electrons.

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Homework on Series Expansion and Limits

1. The document discusses using an integral to derive Leibniz's formula for pi, which expresses pi as an infinite series. 2. It notes that while the integrand series converges at x=1, Leibniz's formula itself converges very slowly and is not useful for numerical work. 3. The homework questions ask to: a) prove the equation for Leibniz's formula, and b) take the limit as epsilon approaches 0 of a term in the Klein-Nishina formula for photon scattering by electrons.

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Homework 1

October 1, 2014
1
Given that

1
0
dx
1 + x
2
= tan
1
x

1
0
=

4
, (1)
expand the integrand into a series and integrate term by term obtaining

4
= 1
1
3
+
1
5

1
7
+
1
9
+ (1)
n
1
2n + 1
+ , (2)
which is Leibnizs formula for . Compare the convergence of the integrand
series and the integrated series at x = 1. Leibnizs formula converges so
slowly that it is quite useless for numerical work.
Question: proof the equation(2).
2
The Klein-Nishina formula for the scattering of photons by electrons contains
a term of the form
f () =
1 +

2 + 2
1 + 2

ln (1 + 2)

. (3)
Here = hv/mc
2
, the ratio of the photon energy to the electron rest mass
energy.
Question: Find lim
0
f ().
1

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