SMJM1013 ENGINEERING MATHEMATICS

Exercises
POWER SERIES AND CONVERGENCE AND DIVERGENCE

1. Write down the first four terms of the expansion of the following functions in the form of
power series
a. e1 x
b. (1 − x ) e −2 x
2

c. 3ln (1 − 2 x 2 ) (1 + 3 x )
d. (1 + x 2 ) ln (1 + 2 x )
3

e. sin ( 2x )

2. Use the divergence test to determine whether the following series diverges or converges.
∞
r
(a) ∑
r =1 2r + 1

∞
r
(b) ∑r
r =1
2
+1

3. Use the Integral test to determine whether the following series diverges or converges.

∞
1
(a) ∑
r =1 r +3
∞
r
(b) ∑e
r =1
r

4. Use the Ratio test to determine whether the following series diverges, converges or state that
the test is inconclusive.
∞
1
(a) ∑
r =1 r !

∞
2r
(b) ∑
r =1 r !

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