NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE

Department of Mathematics
MA 1505 Mathematics I
Tutorial 3

1. Find the radius of convergence of the following series.

X (x + 2)n X (3x 2)n X
(a) (1)n (b) (c) (1)n (4x + 1)n
n n
1 1 1

X 3n xn X X (4x 5)2n+1
(d) (e) nn xn (f)
0
n!
1
n3/2
1
Ans. (a) 1 (b) 1/3 (c) 1/4 (d) (e) 0 (f) 1/4

2. Find the sum of the geometric series inside the interval of convergence
1 1 x3 n
1 (x 3) + (x 3)2 + + ( ) + .
2 4 2

2
Ans.
x1

3. Find the Taylor series for the following functions:

x
(a) at x = 0;
1x
1
(b) 2 at x = 1;
x
x
(c) at x = 2;
1+x

X
X
X
Ans. (a) xn+1 (b) (1)n (n + 1)(x 1)n (c) 2 + (x + 2)n
n=0 n=0 n=1

4. Use the Taylor polynomial P3 (x) of f (x) = sin x at x = 0 of order 3 to approximate sin 0.1.
Show that the error incurred in the approximation is less than 105 .

Ans. 0.09983
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5. Let

X 1
S= .
n! (n + 2)
n=0

In this question, we will introduce two different ways to find the value of S, one by integration
and the other by differentiation.

(i) Integrate the Taylor series of xex to show that S = 1.

ex 1
(ii) Differentiate the Taylor series of x to show that S = 1.

6. Let n be a positive integer. Prove that

1 1 n1
(1 t)2 dt = n(n+1)(n+2)
1
R
2 0 t .

Hence find the exact value of the infinite series

1 1 1 1
123 + 345 + 567 + 789 +