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(34)
Taking in (32) gives
(35)
or, in vector form
(36)
The zeroth and firstorder terms are and , respectively. The secondorder term is
(37)
(38)
so the first few terms of the expansion are
(39)
SEE ALSO:
Cauchy Remainder, Fourier Series, Generalized Fourier Series, Lagrange Inversion Theorem, Lagrange
Remainder, Laurent Series, Maclaurin Series, Newton's Forward Difference Formula, Taylor's Inequality, Taylor's
Theorem
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Arfken, G. "Taylor's Expansion." §5.6 in Mathematical Methods for Physicists, 3rd ed. Orlando, FL: Academic Press, pp. 303313,
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Askey, R. and Haimo, D. T. "Similarities between Fourier and Power Series." Amer. Math. Monthly 103, 297304, 1996.
Comtet, L. "Calcul pratique des coefficients de Taylor d'une fonction algébrique." Enseign. Math. 10, 267270, 1964.
Morse, P. M. and Feshbach, H. "Derivatives of Analytic Functions, Taylor and Laurent Series." §4.3 in Methods of Theoretical
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Whittaker, E. T. and Watson, G. N. "Forms of the Remainder in Taylor's Series." §5.41 in A Course in Modern Analysis, 4th ed.
Cambridge, England: Cambridge University Press, pp. 9596, 1990.
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