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Computer Algebra System (CAS)
Typing:
⎛
2
(
⋅
)
SERIES COS 2 X
⎝
gives:
1
8 3
2
〈
-- -
--------- - h
–
3h
+
2h
+
4
3
•
Example — Expansion in the vicinity of x=+∞
or x=–∞
Example 1
Give a 5th-order expansion of arctan(x) in the vicinity of
x=+∞, taking as infinitely small
Typing:
SERIES(ATAN(X),X =+∞,5)
gives:
3
5
π
π h
h
h
⎛
⎛
-- -
---- -
---- -
------------ -
–
h
+
–
+
0
⎝
⎝
2
3
5
Example 2
Give a 2nd-order expansion of
vicinity of x=+∞, taking as infinitely small
SERIES 2X 1 )
( (
⋅
–
EXP
gives:
2
12
+
6h
+
12h
+
17h
------------------------------------------------------ -
6 h ⋅
•
Unidirectional expansion
To perform an expansion in the vicinity of x = a where
x > a, use a positive real (such as 4.0) for the order.
To perform an expansion in the vicinity of x = a where
x < a, use a negative real (such as –4.0) for the order.
π
⎞
,
,
-- -
X
=
4
⎠
6
5
8
h
⎛ ⎞
3
4
π
|
-- - h
---- -
–
+
0
⎝ ⎠
-- -
h
=
X
–
3
4
6
1
-- -
h
=
.
x
6
⋅
⎞
⎞
1
⎠
⎠
-- -
h
=
2
x
1
---------- -
x 1
–
(
)e
2x 1
–
in the
1
-- -
h
=
.
x
1
⎛
⎞ X
∞
----------- -
,
=
+
,
3)
⎝
⎠
X 1
–
3
3
(
⋅
)
1
+
0 2 h
-- -
h
=
x
〉
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