Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 10: Infinite Sequences and Series - Section 10.8 - Taylor and Maclaurin Series - Exercises 10.8 - Page 618: 37

Answer

$e^x=e^a[1+(x-a)+\dfrac{(x-a)^2}{2!}+...+\dfrac{(x-a)^n}{n!}]$

Work Step by Step

The Taylor series for $f(x)$ at $x=a$ can be written as: $\Sigma_{n=0}^{\infty} \dfrac{f^{k}(a)}{k!}(x-a)^k=f(a)+f'(a)(x-a)+.....+\dfrac{f^{n}(a)}{n!}(x-a)^n$ This yields: $f(x)=e^x$ and $f^n(a)=e^a$ Now, $e^ x=e^a+e^a(x-a) +\dfrac{1}{2!} e^a (x-a)^2 +......$ Thus, we have the result: $e^x=e^a[1+(x-a)+\dfrac{(x-a)^2}{2!}+...+\dfrac{(x-a)^n}{n!}]$
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