Solution: Remainder terms Find the remainder in the Taylor

Chapter 8, Problem 50E

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QUESTION:

Remainder terms Find the remainder in the Taylor series centered at the point a for the following functions. Then show that \(\lim \limits_{n \rightarrow \infty} R_{n}(x)=0\) for all x in the interval of convergence.

\(f(x)=\cos x, a=\pi / 2\)

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QUESTION:

Remainder terms Find the remainder in the Taylor series centered at the point a for the following functions. Then show that \(\lim \limits_{n \rightarrow \infty} R_{n}(x)=0\) for all x in the interval of convergence.

\(f(x)=\cos x, a=\pi / 2\)

ANSWER:

Solution 50E

Step 1:

We need to find the remainder in the taylor series expansion of the function centered at

First we find the Taylor series of  as follows

Since the derivatives repeat in a cycle of four, we can write the taylor series as follows:

 

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