Review Exercises
True or False? In the following exercises, justify your answer with a proof or a counterexample.
If the radius of convergence for a power series ∞∑n=0anxn is 5, then the radius of convergence for the series ∞∑n=1nanxn−1 is also 5.
Power series can be used to show that the derivative of exisex. (Hint: Recall that ex=∞∑n=01n!xn.)
The radius of convergence for the Maclaurin series of f(x)=3x is 3.
In the following exercises, find the radius of convergence and the interval of convergence for the given series.
∞∑n=0xnnn
∞∑n=02nen(x−e)n
In the following exercises, find the power series representation for the given function. Determine the radius of convergence and the interval of convergence for that series.
f(x)=8x+22x2−3x+1
In the following exercises, find the power series for the given function using term-by-term differentiation or integration.
f(x)=x(2+x2)2
In the following exercises, evaluate the Taylor series expansion of degree four for the given function at the specified point. What is the error in the approximation?
f(x)=e1/(4x),a=4
In the following exercises, find the Maclaurin series for the given function.
f(x)=ln(x+1)
In the following exercises, find the Taylor series at the given value.
f(x)=3x,a=1
In the following exercises, find the Maclaurin series for the given function.
f(x)=cosx−xsinx
In the following exercises, find the Maclaurin series for F(x)=∫x0f(t)dt by integrating the Maclaurin series of f(x) term by term.
f(x)=1−ex
The following exercises consider problems of annuity payments.
For annuities with a present value of $1 million, calculate the annual payouts given over 25 years assuming interest rates of 1%,5%,and10%.
A lottery winner has an annuity that has a present value of $10 million. What interest rate would they need to live on perpetual annual payments of $250,000?
Calculate the necessary present value of an annuity in order to support annual payouts of $15,000 given over 25 years assuming interest rates of 1%,5%,and10%.