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Duke Math 122 Problem Set 10

1) The document provides instructions for submitting homework via an online platform and lists 5 problems to solve involving Taylor series, series summation, probability, and approximation of functions using Taylor polynomials. 2) The problems include finding Taylor series for various functions centered at given points, summing infinite series, finding properties of a probability mass function, deriving Taylor series representations of derivatives and integrals of exponential functions, and approximating a function using its Taylor polynomial. 3) The homework requires showing work without a calculator or computer and submitting scanned work or photos of work via the online platform.

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Duke Math 122 Problem Set 10

1) The document provides instructions for submitting homework via an online platform and lists 5 problems to solve involving Taylor series, series summation, probability, and approximation of functions using Taylor polynomials. 2) The problems include finding Taylor series for various functions centered at given points, summing infinite series, finding properties of a probability mass function, deriving Taylor series representations of derivatives and integrals of exponential functions, and approximating a function using its Taylor polynomial. 3) The homework requires showing work without a calculator or computer and submitting scanned work or photos of work via the online platform.

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Problem Set #10

Instructions: Please submit your homework via Gradescope. You can either submit a pdf (by
first scanning your homework at the Library or using an app on your phone), or images by taking
pictures of your work. All work should be done without a calculator or computer.

1. Find the Taylor series, centered at x = a, for the following functions:


1
(a) f (x) = ,a=2
x2
(b) x2 sin(−x3 ), a = 0
Z x
e −1
(c) dx, a = 0
x
2
(d) f (x) = ,a=1
2−x
π
(e) f (x) = sin(2x), a = .
2
x
(f) f (x) = ,a=0
4 + x2
2. Find the sum of the following series. Simplify your answer.
−3 3 3 3
(a) + − + + ···
2 4 8 16
√ √ √
√ π2 π3 π4
(b) −1 + π − + − + ···
2! 3! 4!
∞     
X 1 1
(c) arcsin − arcsin
k=1
k k+2
1
2 1
3 1
4 1
5
e 2 − 1 2 − 1 2 − 1 2 − 1
(d) − e + e − e + ···
2 3 4 5
−π 2 π4 π6 π8
(e) + − + − ···
4(2!) 16(4!) 64(6!) 256(8!)
π 2 π 3 π 4 π 5
   
π 3 6 3 6
(f) 1+ − − + + − ···
6 2! 3! 4! 5!
3. Let f (x) = ex . All Taylor series referred to below are centered at x = 0.

(a) Recall that f 0 (x) = f (x). Prove this by showing that the derivative of the Taylor series
for f (x) is equal to the Taylor series for f (x).
(b) Recall that the antiderivative of f (x) is f (x) + C. Prove this by showing that the
antiderivative of the Taylor series for f (x) is equal to the Taylor series for f (x) plus an
additive constant.
Z t
(c) Find the Taylor series for xf (x) dx.
0
c
4. Let X be a random variable with mass density function p(k) = for k = 0, 1, 2, . . ..
k!
(a) Find the value of c.
(b) Find P(X ≥ 2).
(c) Find E[X].
(−1)k (k + 1)!
5. Suppose you know that f (k) (2) = .
3k
(a) Find the Taylor series for f (x) centered at x = 2.
(b) Find the interval of convergence for the series in (a).
(c) Suppose we use the fourth degree Taylor polynomial of f (x) centered at x = 2 to ap-
proximate f (3).
i. Why can we not use Taylor’s Remainder Theorem to bound the absolute value of the
resulting error? Specifically, what do we need to know in order to use the Theorem,
but we do not know from the given information?
ii. Use another known error bound in order to find an upperbound on the absolute
value of the resulting error.

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