Module 24 - Power Series | ||||||||||
Introduction | Lesson 1 | Lesson 2 | Lesson 3 | Self-Test | ||||||||||
Lesson 24.1: Power Series | ||||||||||
In this lesson you will study several power series and discover that on the intervals where they converge, they are equal to certain well known functions. Defining Power Series A power series is a series in which each term is a constant times a power of x or a power of (x - a) where a is a constant. Suppose each ck represents some constant. Then the infinite series ![]() is a power series centered at x = 0 and the infinite series ![]() is a power series centered at x = a. Finding Partial Sums of a Power Series Consider the power series ![]() Although you cannot enter infinitely many terms of this series in the Y= Editor, you can graph partial sums of the series because each partial sum is a polynomial with a finite number of terms. Graphing Partial Sums of a Power Series
24.1.1 What are the second, third, and fourth partial sums of the power series
24.1.2 Graph the second, third, and fourth partial sums of the power series
Defining an Infinite Geometric Series
Recall that an infinite geometric series can be written as a + ar + ar2 + ar3 + ... + ark + ..., where a represents the first term and r represents the common ratio of the series. If | r | < 1, the infinite geometric series a + ar + ar2 + ar3 + ... + ark + ... converges to
The power series
Visualizing Convergence The graphs of several partial sums can illustrate the interval of convergence for an infinite series.
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On the interval (-1,1) the partial sums are close to
24.1.3 Graph the tenth-degree partial sum of
Another Power Series Consider the power series
24.1.4 The partial sums seem to converge to what familiar function? Adding More Terms to the Partial Sums
As more terms are added to form successive partial sums, more turning points appear and the power series
Illustrating Convergence of
In Lesson 24.2 you will see that the power series
Graphs of the second-, fifth-, eighth-, and eleventh-degree partial sums of the power series
24.1.5 What seems to happen to the interval where each partial sum matches the graph of ex as more terms are added in successive partial sums? |
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