How to Find Coefficient of x^4 in Maclaurin Series for e^sinx?

[jnimagine]

Homework Statement

find coefficient of x^4 in the MAclaurin series for f(x)=e^sinx

Homework Equations

ok... so taking derivatives 4 times for this function...gave me a mess! @.@
can someone help me in simplying the derivatives...?
1. cosxe^sinx
then for 2. is it -sinxe^sinx-sinxcosxe^sinx...?
= . = I'm getting lost with these derivatives...

same for e^3xcos2x... gets sooo complicated...

 

[xepma]

Don't try to find it by determining the derivatives. You already know the expansions of the function sin x and e^y. Just plug them in, and expand up till 4th order (or better to just look what terms contribute to the x^4 coefficient).

E.g.:
e^{\sin x} = \sum_{k=0}^\infty \frac{(\sin x)^k}{k!}

Then plug in the expansion for sin x and collect the terms.

 

[jnimagine]

Don't try to find it by determining the derivatives. You already know the expansions of the function sin x and e^y. Just plug them in, and expand up till 4th order (or better to just look what terms contribute to the x^4 coefficient).

E.g.:
e^{\sin x} = \sum_{k=0}^\infty \frac{(\sin x)^k}{k!}

Then plug in the expansion for sin x and collect the terms.

hmm I'm still not too sure...
I do get the series u've written above... now for sinx i expand it like x - x^3/3! + x^5/5!... up to the fourth order... and plug in 0??... doesn't that just make everything equal to 0...?

 

[Mark44]

I think what xepma is talking about is thise^{\sin x} = \sum_{k=0}^\infty \frac{(\sin x)^k}{k!}
= 1 + sin(x)/1 + sin^2(x)/2 + sin^3(x)/3! + ...

Now, put in your series for sin(x), sin²(x) and so on. You probably won't need the sin³(x) and might need only a term or two for the sin²(x) part.