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1. Determine whether the following series are absolutely convergent, conditionally convergent, or
divergent. Fully justify your work.
(a)
∞  n
X ln(n) 1
−
n2 + 1 2
n=1

(b) √
∞
n3 n3 + 1
X  
√ 2 arctan (e ) + 7 (−1)n
n
n 6 + n2 + 1
n=1

(c)
∞
X n4n
(−1)n−1
n=1
nn 2

Practice:

(d)
∞    
X 1  π n
tan + 1+
n2 + 1 n
n=1

(e)
∞
X (−1)n
(n + 2) ln(n)
n=1

(f)
∞
X cos(πn)
n
n=1
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2. Find a power series representation for the following functions by using the geometric series.
State the radius and interval of convergence. Fully justify your answer.

∞
1 X
= xn
1−x
n=0

Note: You may only use geometric series for this problem. Using Maclaurin series for other
functions will obtain a score of zero.

(a)  
2 1 + 2x
f (x) = x ln
1 − 2x

Practice:

(b)
f (x) = x3 arctan(3x2 )

(c)
f (x) = x ln x2 − 2x + 1


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3. Determine the radius and interval of convergence for the following power series
(a)
∞
X
n!(2x + 1)n
n=1

(b)
∞
X (−π)n x n
− 2
n2 + 2n + 3 π
n=1

Practice:

(c)
∞
X ln(n + 1)
x3n+1
n!
n=1

(d) Find the radius of convergence for the power series

∞
X (1)(4)(7)...(3n − 2)
x2n
3n (n + 1)!
n=1
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4. (a) i. Find the Maclaurin series and state the interval of convergence for the function

f (x) = ln(x2 + 4)

ii. Use the series found in (i) to calculate f (4) (0).

(b) Find the Taylor series about x = 1 for

f (x) = (x − 1) sin (2x) ,

and use it to calculate f (n) (1), n ≥ 1.

Practice:

(c) Find the Maclaurin series of

f (x) = x cos2 (3x)

(d) Use the Maclaurin series for ex to find the Maclaurin series of

f (x) = cosh(3x)

Hint:
ex + e−x
cosh(x) =
2
∞
x
X xn
e = , x ∈ (−∞, ∞)
n!
n=0
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5. (a) Find the Maclaurin series of

1
f (x) =
(8 + 3x)2/3
and state the interval of convergence.

Practice:

(b) Find the Taylor series about x = 2 for the function

1
f (x) =
(2x + 1)6

and state the interval of convergence.

(c) i. Find the Maclaurin series for
1
f (x) = √
1 − x2

ii. Using the result of (i), find the Maclaurin series and interval of convergence for

f (x) = x arcsin(x2 )
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6. (a) How many terms are needed to approximate the series below to within 0.001?
∞
X 3
n4
n=1

(b) How many terms of the following series are needed to ensure that the error in approxima-
tion is less than e−5 ?
∞
X (−1)n
en−1
n=0

7. (a) Find the 2rd order Taylor polynomial T2 (x) about x = 1 for

f (x) = ln(3x + 2)

(b) Use Taylor’s Inequality to determine an upper bound for the error in approximating f (x) ∼
T2 (x) over the interval (0, 2].
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8. Practice: Find an expression for the series

∞
X xn+1
n+1
n=2

and use it to evaluate

∞
X 22n+2
32n (n + 1)
n=2