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    The document discusses power series and Maclaurin's theorem. It states that a function f(x) can be represented as a power series with coefficients cn. Maclaurin's theorem provides a way to determine the coefficients by taking successive derivatives of f(x) and evaluating them at x=0. Specifically, the nth derivative of f(x) evaluated at 0, divided by n!, gives the coefficient cn. Therefore, Maclaurin's theorem allows one to write a function as a power series centered at 0 using its derivatives.

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    The document discusses power series and Maclaurin's theorem. It states that a function f(x) can be represented as a power series with coefficients cn. Maclaurin's theorem provides a way to determine the coefficients by taking successive derivatives of f(x) and evaluating them at x=0. Specifically, the nth derivative of f(x) evaluated at 0, divided by n!, gives the coefficient cn. Therefore, Maclaurin's theorem allows one to write a function as a power series centered at 0 using its derivatives.

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    The document discusses power series and Maclaurin's theorem. It states that a function f(x) can be represented as a power series with coefficients cn. Maclaurin's theorem provides a way to determine the coefficients by taking successive derivatives of f(x) and evaluating them at x=0. Specifically, the nth derivative of f(x) evaluated at 0, divided by n!, gives the coefficient cn. Therefore, Maclaurin's theorem allows one to write a function as a power series centered at 0 using its derivatives.

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    Power Series

    1. The power series is in the form



    cn x n c0 c1 x c2 x 2 c3 x 3 .......... cn x n .......
    n0

    Maclaurins Theorem

    1. If f (x) can be expanded as a power series in x, then


    f ( x) c0 c1 x c 2 x 2 c3 x 3 .......... cn x n .......
    where the coefficients c0 , c1 , c2 , c3 , ......, cn , ...... are constants

    2. In order to determine the values of the constants coefficients c0 , c1 , c2 , c3 , ......, cn , ...... ,


    differentiation is done successively.
    f ( x) c1 2c2 x 3c3 x 2 4c4 x 3 ...... ncn x n 1 ........
    f ( x) 2c2 (3)( 2)c3 x (4)(3)c4 x 2 ...... n(n 1)cn x n 2 ........
    f ( x) (3)( 2)c3 (4)(3)( 2)c4 x ...... n(n 1)( n 2)cn x n 3 ........
    f 4 ( x) (4)(3)( 2)c4 (5)( 4)(3)( 2)c5 x ...... n(n 1)( n 2)( n 3)cn x n 4 ........

    3. By substituting x = 0 ,
    f (0) = c0 c0 = f (0)
    f (0) c1 c1 f (0)
    f (0)
    f (0) 2c2 c2
    2
    f (0)
    f (0) (3)( 2)c3 3 ! c3 c3
    3!
    f 4 (0)
    f 4 (0) (4)(3)( 2)c4 4 ! c4 c4
    4!

    Therefore, to find the coefficient c n ,


    f n (0)
    n
    f (0) n ! cn cn
    n!

    Hence, f ( x) c0 c1 x c 2 x 2 c3 x 3 .......... cn x n .......


    f (0) 2 f (0) 3 f n (0) n
    f ( x) f (0) f (0) x x x .......... x ......
    2! 3! n!
    The Power Series Expansion of f (x) obtained by the above method is called the Maclaurins Series
    of f (x) .

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