Chapter 8: Q. 52 (page 680)

In Exercises 49–56 find the Taylor series for the specified function and the given value of $x_{0}$ . Note: These are the same functions and values as in Exercises 41–48.
$52 . \sqrt{x}, 1$

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The Taylor series for the function $f (x) = \sqrt{x}$ at $x = 1$ is $P_{n} (x) = 1 + \frac{1}{2} (x - 1) + \sum_{k = 2}^{\infty} (- 1)^{k + 1} \frac{1 \cdot 3 \cdot 5 \dots (2 k - 3)}{2^{k} k!} (x - 1)^{k}$

Step by step solution

Step 1. Given data

We have the function $f (x) = \sqrt{x}$ .

Step 2. Table of the taylor series

Any function $f$ with a derivative of order $n$ , the taylor series at $x = 1$ is given by,

$P_{n} (x) = f (1) + f^{'} (1) (x - 1) + \frac{f^{''} (1)}{2!} (x - 1)^{2} + \frac{f^{'''} (1)}{3!} (x - 1)^{3} + \frac{f^{''''} (1)}{4!} (x - 1)^{4} + \dots$

we can write the general of the Taylor series of the function $f$ is,

$P_{n} (x) = \sum_{k = 0}^{\infty} \frac{f^{k} (x_{0})}{k!} {(x - x_{0})}^{n}$

So, let us first construct the table of the Taylor series for the function $f (x) = \sqrt{x}$ at $x = 1$

n	$f^{n} (x)$	$f^{n} (0)$	$\frac{f^{n} (0)}{n!}$
0	$\sqrt{x}$	1	1
1	$\frac{1}{2 \sqrt{x}}$	$\frac{1}{2}$	$\frac{1}{2}$
2	$- \frac{1}{2^{2}} (x)^{- \frac{3}{2}}$	$- \frac{1}{2^{2}}$	$\frac{- \frac{1}{2^{2}}}{2!}$
3	$\frac{1 \cdot 3}{2^{3}} (x)^{- \frac{5}{2}}$	$\frac{1 \cdot 3}{2^{3}}$	$\frac{\frac{1 \cdot 3}{2^{3}}}{3!}$
4	$- \frac{1 \cdot 3 \cdot 5}{2^{4}} (x)^{- \frac{7}{2}}$	$- \frac{1 \cdot 3 \cdot 5}{2^{4}}$	$\frac{- \frac{1 \cdot 3 \cdot 5}{2^{4}}}{4!}$
. . .	. . .	. . .	. . .
k	$(- 1)^{k + 1} \frac{1 \cdot 3 \cdot 5 \dots (2 k - 3)}{2^{4}} (1 - x)^{- (\frac{2 k - 1}{2})}$	$(- 1)^{k + 1} \frac{1 \cdot 3 \cdot 5 \dots (2 k - 3)}{2^{4}}$	$(- 1)^{k + 1} \frac{\frac{1 \cdot 3 \cdot 5 \dots (2 k - 3)}{2^{4}}}{k!}$

Step 3. Taylor series for the f(x)=x

The Taylor series for the function $f (x) = \sqrt{x}$ at $x = 1$ is $P_{n} (x) = \begin{aligned} 1 & + \frac{1}{2} \cdot (x - 1) + \frac{- \frac{1}{2^{2}}}{2!} (x - 1)^{2} + \frac{\frac{1 \cdot 3}{2^{3}}}{3!} (x - 1)^{3} + \frac{- \frac{1 \cdot 3 \cdot 5}{2^{4}}}{4!} (x - 1)^{4} + . . . . \dots + \frac{(- 1)^{k + 1} \frac{1 \cdot 3 \cdot 5 \dots (2 k - 3)}{2^{k}}}{k!} (x - 1)^{k} \end{aligned}$

Or we can write this as $P_{n} (x) = 1 + \frac{1}{2} (x - 1) + \sum_{k = 2}^{\infty} (- 1)^{k + 1} \frac{1 \cdot 3 \cdot 5 \dots (2 k - 3)}{2^{k} k!} (x - 1)^{k}$

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In Exercises 49–56 find the Taylor series for the specified function and the given value of $x_{0}$ . Note: These are the same functions and values as in Exercises 41–48.
$52 . \sqrt{x}, 1$

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Step by step solution

Step 1. Given data

Step 2. Table of the taylor series

Step 3. Taylor series for the f(x)=x

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In Exercises 49–56 find the Taylor series for the specified function and the given value of x0. Note: These are the same functions and values as in Exercises 41–48. 52.x,1

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Step by step solution

Step 1. Given data

Step 2. Table of the taylor series

Step 3. Taylor series for the f(x)=x

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In Exercises 49–56 find the Taylor series for the specified function and the given value of $x_{0}$ . Note: These are the same functions and values as in Exercises 41–48.
$52 . \sqrt{x}, 1$