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1. Python The Wimol-Banlue attractor via the Taylor Series Method

This attractor is unusual because it uses both the tanh() and abs() functions. A picture can be found here (penultimate image). Here is some dependency-free Python (abridged from the GitHub code, but not flattened!) to generate the data to arbitrary order: #!/usr/bin/env python3 from sys...
2. B Is there a condition for applying standard limits?

I came across this basic limits question Ltx->0[(ln(1+X)-sin(X)+X2/2]/[Xtan(X)Sin(X)] The part before '/'(the one separated by ][ is numerator and the one after that is denominator The problem is if I substitute standard limits : (Ltx->0tan(X)/x=1 Ltx->0sin(X)/X=1 Ltx->0ln(1+X)/X=1) The...
3. I How bad is my maths? (numerical ODE method)

I have written some ODE solvers, using a method which may not be well known to many. This is my attempt to explain my implementation of the method as simply as possible, but I would appreciate review and corrections. At various points the text mentions Taylor Series recurrences, which I only...
4. Taylor Series Evaluation

Homework Statement Given: ## f(x) = \sum_{n=0}^\infty (-1)^n \frac {\sqrt n} {n!} (x-4)^n## Evaluate: ##f^{(8)}(4)## Homework Equations The Taylor Series Equation The Attempt at a Solution Since the question asks to evaluate at ##x=4##, I figured that all terms in the series except for the...
5. Approximating the force on a dipole Taylor series

Homework Statement Show that the magnitude of the net force exerted on one dipole by the other dipole is given approximately by:$$F_{net}≈\frac {6q^2s^2k} {r^4}$$ for ##r\gg s##, where r is the distance from one dipole to the other dipole, s is the distance across one dipole. (Both dipoles are...

16. I Is a function better approximated by a line in some regions?

I studied Taylor series but I would like to have an answer to a doubt that I have. Suppose I have ##f(x)=e^{-x}##. Sometimes I've heard things like: "the exponential curve can be locally approximated by a line, furthermore in this particular region it is not very sharp so the approximation is...
17. Taylor Series

Homework Statement Find the Taylor Series for f(x)=1/x about a center of 3. Homework Equations The Attempt at a Solution f'(x)=-x^-2 f''(x)=2x^-3 f'''(x)=-6x^-4 f''''(x)=24x^-5 ... f^n(x)=-1^n * (x)^-(n+1) * (x-3)^n I'm not sure where I went wrong...
18. Confusing log limit

Homework Statement \lim\limits_{x \to 0} \left(\ln(1+x)\right)^x Homework Equations Maclaurin series: \ln(1+x) = x - \frac{x^2}{2} + \frac{x^3}{3} + ... + (-1)^{r+1} \frac{x^r}{r} + ... The Attempt at a Solution We're considering vanishingly small x, so just taking the first term in the...

25. Statistical Mechanics Mean Field Model

I don't think I've fully grasped the underlying ideas of this class, so at the moment I'm just sort of flailing for equations to plug stuff into... Homework Statement Show that in the mean field model, M is proportional to H1/3 at T=Tc and that at H=0, M is proportional to (Tc - T)1/2...
26. Estimate number of terms needed for taylor polynomial

Homework Statement For ln(.8) estimate the number of terms needed in a Taylor polynomial to guarantee an accuracy of 10^-10 using the Taylor inequality theorem. Homework Equations |Rn(x)|<[M(|x-a|)^n+1]/(n+1)! for |x-a|<d. The Attempt at a Solution All I've done so far is take a couple...
27. Taylor's Theorem

I am studying power series right now and I am understanding well how to write them and where they converge but I am having some trouble grasping the Taylor Remainder Theorem for a few reasons. First of all it says the remainder is: f^(n+1)(c)(x-a)^(n+1)/(n+1)! for some c between a and x. I...
28. Taylor Series Question

I am just trying to clarify this point which I am unsure about: If I am asked to write out (for example) a third order taylor polynomial for sin(x), does that mean I would write out 3 terms of the series OR to the x^3 term. x-x^3/3!+x^5/5! or just x-x^3/3! Also, I have a question for the...
29. Taylor Polynomial of 3rd order in 0 to f(x) = sin(arctan (x))

The problem is as the title says. This is an example we went through during the lecture and therefore I have the solution. However there is a particular step in the solution which I do not understand. Using the Taylor series we will write sin(x) as: sin(x) = x - (x^3)/6 + (x^5)B(x) and...