Section 10.16 : Taylor Series
2. Use one of the Taylor Series derived in the notes to determine the Taylor Series for \(f\left( x \right) = {x^6}{{\bf{e}}^{2{x^{\,3}}}}\) about \(x = 0\).
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Start SolutionThere really isn’t all that much to do here for this problem. We are working with the exponential function and want the Taylor series about \(x = 0\) and so we can use the Taylor series for the exponential function derived in the notes to get,
\[{x^6}{{\bf{e}}^{2{x^{\,3}}}} = {x^6}\sum\limits_{n = 0}^\infty {\frac{{{{\left( {2{x^3}} \right)}^n}}}{{n!}}} \]Note that we only convert the exponential using the Taylor series derived in the notes and, at this point, we just leave the \({x^6}\) alone in front of the series.
Show Step 2Now, recall the basic “rules” for the form of the series answer. We don’t want anything out in front of the series and we want a single \(x\) with a single exponent on it.
These are easy enough rules to take care of. All we need to do is move whatever is in front of the series to the inside of the series and use basic exponent rules to take care of the \(x\) “rule”. Doing all this gives,
\[{x^6}{{\bf{e}}^{2{x^{\,3}}}} = {x^6}\sum\limits_{n = 0}^\infty {\frac{{{{\left( {2{x^3}} \right)}^n}}}{{n!}}} = \sum\limits_{n = 0}^\infty {{x^6}\frac{{{2^n}{{\left( {{x^3}} \right)}^n}}}{{n!}}} = \require{bbox} \bbox[2pt,border:1px solid black]{{\sum\limits_{n = 0}^\infty {\frac{{{2^n}{x^{3n + 6}}}}{{n!}}} }}\]