Calculus: Early Transcendentals (2nd Edition)

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Chapter 9 - Power Series - 9.4 Working with Taylor Series - 9.4 Exercises - Page 702: 4

Answer

Use the Taylor series $\pi=2\sqrt 3\sum_{k=0}^{\infty} \dfrac{(-1)^k }{3^k(2k+1)}$

Work Step by Step

In order to approximate $\pi$ we can use the function $f(x)=\tan^{-1} x$ and the Taylor series for $x=\dfrac{1}{\sqrt 3}$. $\tan^{-1} x=\sum_{k=0}^{\infty} \dfrac{(-1)^k x^{2k+1}}{2k+1}$ $\tan^{-1} \dfrac{1}{\sqrt 3}=\sum_{k=0}^{\infty} \dfrac{(-1)^k \left(\dfrac{1}{\sqrt 3}\right)^{2k+1}}{2k+1}$ $\dfrac{\pi}{6}=\dfrac{1}{\sqrt 3}\sum_{k=0}^{\infty} \dfrac{(-1)^k \left(\dfrac{1}{3}\right)^k}{2k+1}$ $\pi=2\sqrt 3\sum_{k=0}^{\infty} \dfrac{(-1)^k }{3^k(2k+1)}$
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