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PHYS2051 (Term 1, 2024/25)

Homework 10
Due: 30/11/2024 Sat (before 11:59 pm)
Total marks = 100
Please submit your answers via Blackboard

1. Fin the interval of convergence of the following series:

[15 marks] [15 marks]

2. Find the Taylor expansion of the following function at 𝑥 = 0 up to the term in 𝑥 4

(i) tan−1 𝑥 [12 marks]


(ii) 𝑥 cos 𝑥 [12 marks]
2
(ii) (𝑥 2 + 1)𝑒 −𝑥 [16 marks]
(Hint: For (ii) and (iii), treat the function as a product of two functions)

𝑑2 𝑦 𝑑𝑦
3. Find the general solution of 𝑑𝑥 2 + 4𝑥 𝑑𝑥 − 𝑦 = 0 by using the power series method, that is, by
letting

𝑦 = ∑ 𝑎𝑛 𝑥 𝑛 .
𝑛=0

Express the final answer in terms of 𝑎0 and 𝑎1 . In the final answer, it is sufficient to only show the first
few terms up to the term in 𝑥 5 . [30 marks]

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