166 4. SEQUENCES, SERIES, AND FUNCTION APPROXIMATION
Problem 4.98 If
f .x/ D p.x/e
x
where p.x/ is a polynomial, demonstrate that f .x/ has a power series expansion with radius of
convergence r D 1.
Problem 4.99 Find the Taylor polynomial of degree n for the given function with the given
center c.
1. f .x/ D cos.x/ for n D 6 at c D 0,
2. g.x/ D sin.2x/ for n D 7 at c D 0,
3. h.x/ D e
x
for n D 5 at c D 0,
4. r.x/ D log.x/ for n D 3 at c D 1,
5. s.x/ D tan
1
.x/ for n D 8 at c D 0,
6. q.x/ D x
2
C 3x C 5 for n D 2 at c D 1.
Problem 4.100 Suppose we have T
5
.x/ for f .x/ D e
x
at c D 0. Compute a bound on the size
of R
5
.x/ with Taylor’s inequality.
Problem 4.101 Find the smallest n for which T
n
.x/ on f .x/ D cos.x/ has jR
n
.x/j < 0:01 on
3 x 3 with c D 0.