Calculus 2    Lesson 11.10    Taylor and Maclaurin Series

The following topics are the most important. Typical exercises from Calculus, 7th edition-Early Transcendentals, by James Stewart, are assigned at the end of each objective.  

In smaller print following the objective is a guide for the reading assignment in the form of page numbers in the text and notes regarding the reading about the objective.

1. Create the Taylor or Maclaurin series for a given function. P765#5,9,13,15,17
P754 The definition of a Taylor Series is found in box 6 on this page.
P754 The definition of a Maclaurin Series is found in box 7 on this page.
P757 The definition of the Maclaurin Series for ex  is found in box 11 on this page.
P762 The definitions of several Maclaurin Series are found in the box at the top of  this page.
P754 Examples 1 and 4 show the creation of a Maclaurin Series.
  P754 Watch the video in the ebook in webassign. Example 1
  P757 Watch the video in the ebook in webassign. Example 2
P757 Example 3 and 7 show the creation of a Taylor   Series.
2. From the Taylor or Maclaurin series for a function, form the series of a related function using the operations of section 12.9 above. P765#29,33,35,39
P758 Examples 5 and 6 show the creation of Maclaurin and Taylor Series.
3. Approximate values of the function using the Taylor or Maclaurin polynomial. P765#43
P760 Example 8 shows the evaluation of a Maclaurin Series.
4. Find the power series for a function that can be written as a binomial, f(x) = (1x)k , where k is any real number and 

|x| < 1.  P765#25-28

P761 Know the definition in box 17
P760 Read examples 8 and 9
  P761 Watch the video in the ebook in webassign. Example 9
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