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linyen416
Aug12-08, 04:59 AM
Why is the domain of arctan power series |x|<=1?
i understand why a power series has the domain |x|<1, but why is the power series of arctan |x|<=1?
thanks!

also, why are domains of the taylor expansions of coshx and sinhx: for all x?

arildno
Aug12-08, 05:09 AM
What do you know about the complex number plane?

mathwonk
Aug13-08, 12:30 AM
are you kidding? arctan is the integral of 1/(1+x^2). what makes it look undefined at some points of |z| = 1?