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Homework Statement
Use Taylor's remainder formula to show that the Taylor series for f(x) is about the point indicated converges to f(x) for all x.
[tex]f(x) = e^{5x}[/tex] about [tex]x=0[/tex]
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The Attempt at a Solution
Since,
[tex]f^{n}(x) = 5^{n}e^{5x}[/tex],
Taylor's remainder formula for [tex]e^{5x}[/tex] and c = 0 gives
[tex]e^{5x} = 1 + 5x + \frac{5^{2}}{2!}x^{2} + \frac{5^{3}}{3!}x^{3} + ... + \frac{5^{n}}{n!}x^{n} + R_{n}[/tex]
Where [tex]R_{n} = \frac{5^{n+1}e^{5z_{n}}}{(n+1)!}x^{n+1}[/tex]
There are two cases we must consider:
Case 1: If x < 0 then,
****NOTE: The following line is the line I am confused about,****
[tex]x < z_{n} < 0,[/tex] and [tex]|R_{n}| < 5^{n+1}\frac{|x|^{n+1}}{(n+1)!}[/tex]
How do they go about making this conclusion? Do they work from the this in the following manner?
[tex]x < z_{n} < 0[/tex]
[tex]5x < 5z_{n} < 0[/tex]
[tex]e^{5x} < e^{5z_{n}} < e^{0}[/tex]
[tex]e^{5x}\frac{|x|^{n+1}}{(n+1)!} < e^{5z_{n}}\frac{|x|^{n+1}}{(n+1)!} < e^{0}\frac{|x|^{n+1}}{(n+1)!}[/tex]
And then take the limit as n goes to infinity on the outside and use squeeze theorem to prove the rest?
Where are they getting the second part of this line:
[tex]x < z_{n} < 0,[/tex] and [tex]|R_{n}| < 5^{n+1}\frac{|x|^{n+1}}{(n+1)!}[/tex]
Also, they are using squeeze theorem around [tex]lim_{n \rightarrow \infty} |R_{n}|[/tex], how come they are only showing one function around [tex]|R_{n}|[/tex]. (i.e. [tex]5^{n+1}\frac{|x|^{n+1}}{(n+1)!}[/tex]) Where is the 0 term?
Once I understand this I will continue and finish off the problem, this is the only line that confuses me.
Can someone please clarify?
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