Calculus (3rd Edition)

Published by W. H. Freeman
ISBN 10: 1464125260
ISBN 13: 978-1-46412-526-3

Chapter 11 - Infinite Series - 11.7 Taylor Series - Exercises - Page 588: 4

Answer

The Maclaurin series for $f(x)=\frac{1}{1-x^4}$ is convergent if $|x^4|\lt 1$, that is $|x|\lt 1$.

Work Step by Step

By making use of Table 2, we have the Maclaurin series for $f(x)=\frac{1}{1-x}$ as follows $$f(x)=1+x+x^2+x^3+x^4+...$$ Now by the comparison with the function $f(x)=\frac{1}{1- x^4}$, we have the Maclaurin series as follows $$f(x)=\frac{x}{1-x^4}=x(1+x^4+(x^4)^2+(x^4)^3+(x^4)^4+...)\\ =x+ x^5+ x^9+x^{15}+x^{17}+...$$ Moreover, again from Table 2, the Maclaurin series for $f(x)=\frac{1}{1-x}$ is convergent if $|x|\lt 1$. Hence the Maclaurin series for $f(x)=\frac{1}{1-x^4}$ is convergent if $|x^4|\lt 1$, that is $|x|\lt 1$.
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