Calculating Remainders for Taylor Series of Sine Function

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Usually to do the remainder we take Rn(x) = (f differentiated n+1 times at a ).(x-c)n+1/(n+1)!,
but when my function is sin(x) do i take (f differentiated 2n+2 times at a ).(x-c)2n+2/(2n+2)!?

Thanks
 
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No, the remainer remains

R_n(x)=\frac{\sin^{(n+1)}(a)(x-c)^{n+1}}{(n+1)!}

So, for example, we have

\sin(x)=x-\frac{x^3}{3!}+\frac{x^5}{5!}+R_6(x)

or, we can also have

\sin(x)=x-\frac{x^3}{3!}+\frac{x^5}{5!}+R_7(x)

which is better since the remainder is smaller...
 
Ok cool thanks a lot - conflicting lecturers grr!
 
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