The document provides solutions to problems involving Taylor polynomials.
It first finds the nth Taylor polynomial centered at 1 for the function f(x) = e^2x by taking the derivatives of f(x) and evaluating them at 1.
It then uses the error bound formula to estimate the error when the third Maclaurin polynomial of f(x) = e^x is used to approximate e. It finds the error is approximately 0.11.
Finally, it applies the error bound formula to find the value of n such that the nth Maclaurin polynomial of f(x) = cos(x) approximates cos(0.1) within 10^-6. It determines n
The document provides solutions to problems involving Taylor polynomials.
It first finds the nth Taylor polynomial centered at 1 for the function f(x) = e^2x by taking the derivatives of f(x) and evaluating them at 1.
It then uses the error bound formula to estimate the error when the third Maclaurin polynomial of f(x) = e^x is used to approximate e. It finds the error is approximately 0.11.
Finally, it applies the error bound formula to find the value of n such that the nth Maclaurin polynomial of f(x) = cos(x) approximates cos(0.1) within 10^-6. It determines n
The document provides solutions to problems involving Taylor polynomials.
It first finds the nth Taylor polynomial centered at 1 for the function f(x) = e^2x by taking the derivatives of f(x) and evaluating them at 1.
It then uses the error bound formula to estimate the error when the third Maclaurin polynomial of f(x) = e^x is used to approximate e. It finds the error is approximately 0.11.
Finally, it applies the error bound formula to find the value of n such that the nth Maclaurin polynomial of f(x) = cos(x) approximates cos(0.1) within 10^-6. It determines n
The document provides solutions to problems involving Taylor polynomials.
It first finds the nth Taylor polynomial centered at 1 for the function f(x) = e^2x by taking the derivatives of f(x) and evaluating them at 1.
It then uses the error bound formula to estimate the error when the third Maclaurin polynomial of f(x) = e^x is used to approximate e. It finds the error is approximately 0.11.
Finally, it applies the error bound formula to find the value of n such that the nth Maclaurin polynomial of f(x) = cos(x) approximates cos(0.1) within 10^-6. It determines n
edu Solutions to Week 5 Problems on Taylor Polynomials Here are the complete solutions to some problems on Taylor polynomials in the worksheet.
6. Find the nth Taylor polynomial 𝑇𝑛 centered at 𝑎 = 1 for 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑒 2𝑥 .
Solution: First find all its derivatives:
𝑓 ′ (𝑥) = 2𝑒 2𝑥 , 𝑓 ′′ (𝑥) = 4𝑒 2𝑥 , 𝑓 ′′′ (𝑥) = 8𝑒 2𝑥 , … , 𝑓 (𝑛) (𝑥) = 2𝑛 𝑒 2𝑥 Then we have: 𝑓(1) = 𝑒 2 , 𝑓 ′ (1) = 2𝑒 2 , 𝑓 ′′ (1) = 4𝑒 2 , 𝑓 ′′′ (1) = 8𝑒 2 , … , 𝑓 (𝑛) (1) = 2𝑛 𝑒 2 So the Taylor polynomial 𝑇𝑛 is given by: 𝑓 ′ (1) 𝑓 ′′ (1) 𝑓 (𝑛) (1) 𝑇𝑛 (𝑥) = 𝑓(1) + (𝑥 − 1) + (𝑥 − 1)2 + ⋯ + (𝑥 − 1)𝑛 1! 2! 𝑛! 4𝑒 2 2𝑛 𝑒 2 = 𝑒 2 + 2𝑒 2 (𝑥 − 1) + (𝑥 − 1)2 + ⋯ + (𝑥 − 1)𝑛 2 𝑛! 7. Find an estimate for the error when the third Maclaurin polynomial 𝑇3 (𝑥) of 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑒 𝑥 is used to approximate the value of 𝑒.
Solution: Here 𝑇3 (𝑥) centered at 𝑎 = 0 is used to approximate 𝑓(𝑥) = 𝑒 𝑥 at 𝑥 = 1.
Step 1: Find a value of K.
Find a number K such that |𝑓 (4) (𝑢)| ≤ 𝐾 for all u between 0 and 1. Note that |𝑓 (4) (𝑢)| = 𝑒 𝑢 , which is an increasing function. So in [0,1], its maximum value is e. Therefore, we can take 𝐾 = 𝑒.
Step 2: Apply the error bound result
|𝑥 − 𝑎|𝑛+1 |1 − 0|4 𝑒 |𝑓(1) − 𝑇3 (1)| ≤ 𝐾 =𝑒 = ≈ 0.11 (𝑛 + 1)! 4! 24 So an estimate for the error incurred is 0.11
8. Let 𝑇𝑛 be the nth Maclaurin polynomial for 𝑓(𝑥) = cos 𝑥. Find a value of n such that |cos(0.1) − 𝑇𝑛 (0.1)| < 10−6
Solution: Here 𝑇𝑛 (𝑥) centered at 𝑎 = 0 is used to approximate 𝑓(𝑥) = cos 𝑥 at 𝑥 = 0.1.
Step 1: Find a value of K.
Find a number K such that |𝑓 (𝑛+1) (𝑢)| ≤ 𝐾 for all u between 0 and 0.1. Note that |𝑓 (𝑛+1) (𝑥)| is either equal to |sin 𝑥| or |cos 𝑥| depending on whether n is even or odd. In either case, they are bounded by 1, i.e. |𝑓 (𝑛+1) (𝑢)| ≤ 1. Therefore, we can take 𝐾 = 1.
Step 2: Apply the error bound result
|𝑥 − 𝑎|𝑛+1 (0.1)𝑛+1 |𝑓(0.1) − 𝑇𝑛 (0.1)| ≤ 𝐾 = (𝑛 + 1)! (𝑛 + 1)! Step 3: Find a value of n We want the error above to be less than 10−6. To find n, plug-in a few values of positive integers 𝑛 = 1, 2, 3, … to the above until you get something that is less than 10−6. When n = 3, you get (0.1)4 ⁄4! = 4.2 × 10−6. When 𝑛 = 4, you get (0.1)5 ⁄5! = 8.3 × 10−8 . So the error is less than 10−6 for 𝒏 = 𝟒 (or higher).
