Thomas' Calculus 13th Edition

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Chapter 10: Infinite Sequences and Series - Section 10.9 - Convergence of Taylor Series - Exercises 10.9 - Page 625: 6

Answer

$1-\dfrac{1}{2 \cdot 2!}x^{4/3}+\dfrac{1}{2^2 \cdot 4!}x^{8/3}-\dfrac{1}{2^3 \cdot 6!}x^{4}+..$

Work Step by Step

Consider the Taylor's Series for $\cos x$ as follows: $ \cos x=1-\dfrac{x^2}{2!}+\dfrac{x^4}{4!}-\dfrac{x^6}{6!}+...$ Plug $\dfrac{x^{2/3}}{\sqrt 2}$ instead of $x$ in the above series as follows: Now, $ \cos(\dfrac{x^{2/3}}{\sqrt 2})=1-\dfrac{(\dfrac{x^{2/3}}{\sqrt 2})^2}{2!}+\dfrac{(\dfrac{x^{2/3}}{\sqrt 2})^4}{4!}-\dfrac{(\dfrac{x^{2/3}}{\sqrt 2})^6}{6!}+...$ $\implies 1-\dfrac{1}{2 \cdot 2!}x^{4/3}+\dfrac{1}{2^2 \cdot 4!}x^{8/3}-\dfrac{1}{2^3 \cdot 6!}x^{4}+..$
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