Friday, 13 September 2013

summation - (Taylor's theorem) Proving that sin(x)=sumlimitsinftyn=0dfrac(1)nx2n+1(2n+1)!



I'm starting a class on Advanced Mathematics I next semester and I found a sheet of the class'es 2012 final exams, so I'm slowly trying to solve the exercises in it or find the general layout. I will be posting a lot of questions with the exercises I find challenging, and I would like to ask for any help or methodologies that will make it easier for me to solve.



I understand the whole ordeal is categorized as "homework", but any assistance would be appreciated, as I'm completely clueless and I would like to be prepared.



The following exercise is Ex.10, graded for 10%.





Define Taylor's Theorem and prove that sin(x)=n=0(1)nx2n+1(2n+1)!.




From the class'es page, I've got the definition of Taylor's theorem along with the following equation that resembles a Sum:



f(x)=f(x0)+f(x0)1!(xx0)+f



Apart from the similarity, I do not know how to continue. Do I take the second part of the equation and try to find a closed type that leads to sin(x)?


Answer




Notice that



f(x) = sin x \ \ \ \ \ \ \ \ f(0)= 0\\ f'(x) = cos x \ \ \ \ \ \ f'(0)=1 \\ f''(x) = -sinx \ \ f''(0)=0 \\ f'''(x) = -cosx \ \ f'''(0) = -1 \\ f^{(4)}(x)=sinx \ \ \ f(0)=0



The derivatives repeat in a cycle of four, from Taylor series definition we have that \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{f^{(n)}(a)(x-a)^{n}}{n!} Take a=0 and the result follows.


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