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Calculus 2: Taylor and Maclaurin series

Find the limit as x0x \to 0 of sinxxx2\displaystyle \frac{\sin x - x}{x^2} using L'Hôpital's Rule.

Determine the convergence of the infinite series 1+x+x22+x33!+1 + x + \frac{x^2}{2} + \frac{x^3}{3!} + \cdots and verify it is equal to exe^x.

Using the Maclaurin series for cos(x)\cos(x), rewrite the series to accommodate cos(2x)\cos(2x), and simplify the expression as necessary.

Find the Maclaurin series for the function f(x)=exf(x) = e^x.

Find the Taylor series for the function f(x)=exf(x) = e^x centered at a=2a = 2.

Use series to find the limit of ex1xx2\frac{e^x - 1 - x}{x^2} as x0x \to 0.

Find the 100th derivative of f(x)=x3e2xf(x) = x^3 e^{2x} at x=0x = 0.

Find the 100th derivative of f(x)=x3e2xf(x) = x^3 e^{2x} at x=0x = 0.

Find the first three non-zero terms in the Maclaurin series for exsinxe^x \sin x.

Find the Maclaurin series that represents the function f(x)=exf(x) = e^x.

Evaluate the limit of excosxx2\displaystyle \frac{e^x - \cos x}{x^2} as x0x \to 0.

Find the sum of the series n=01n!\sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{1}{n!}.

Find the fourth degree Maclaurin polynomial for f(x)=exf(x) = e^x and use it to approximate e2e^2.

Compute the Taylor series for exe^x centered at x=0x = 0.