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Taylor Series are Limits of Legendre Expansions - Gvsu - Grand ...

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<strong>Taylor</strong>’s Theorem<br />

If f is analytic in the open disk <strong>of</strong> radius R > 0 , then we<br />

may write for z in this disk,<br />

f(z) =<br />

∞∑<br />

n=0<br />

a n z n ,<br />

2<br />

where<br />

y<br />

–2 –1 0 1 2<br />

x<br />

–1<br />

–2<br />

1<br />

a n = f(n) (0)<br />

n!<br />

and<br />

1<br />

R = lim<br />

n→∞ |a n| 1 n .<br />

<strong>Taylor</strong> <strong>Series</strong> <strong>are</strong><strong>Limits</strong> <strong>of</strong> <strong>Legendre</strong> <strong>Expansions</strong> – p.3/15

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