Calculus 8th Edition

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Chapter 11 - Infinite Sequences and Series - 11.10 Taylor and Maclaurin Series - 11.10 Exercises - Page 811: 24

Answer

$cosx=\Sigma_{n=0}^{\infty}(-1)^{n+1}\frac{(x-\frac{\pi}{2})^{2n+1}}{(2n+1)!}$ and $R=\infty $

Work Step by Step

Taylor series centered at $a= \frac{\pi}{2}$ is $cosx=\Sigma_{n=0}^{\infty}(-1)^{n+1}\frac{(x-\frac{\pi}{2})^{2n+1}}{(2n+1)!}$ $\lim\limits_{n \to \infty}|\frac{a_{n+1}}{a_{n}}|=\lim\limits_{n \to \infty}|\frac{\frac{(-1)^{n+3}(x-\frac{\pi}{2})^{2(n+1)+1}}{(2(n+1)+1)!}}{\frac{(-1)^{n+1}(x-\frac{\pi}{2})^{2n+1}}{(2n+1)!}}|$ $\lim\limits_{n \to \infty}|\frac{a_{n+1}}{a_{n}}|=\lim\limits_{n \to \infty}|\frac{\frac{(-1)^{n+3}(x-\frac{\pi}{2})^{2n+3}}{(2n+3)!}}{\frac{(-1)^{n+1}(x-\frac{\pi}{2})^{2n+1}}{(2n+1)!}}|$ $=\lim\limits_{n \to \infty}|\frac{(x-\frac{\pi}{2})^{2}}{(2n+2)(2n+3)}|$ $=0\lt 1$ This implies series converges for all the values of $x$ and radius of convergence is $R=\infty$.
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