How to find the taylor for sin(x)^2 w/ sin(x), is this right?

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Homework Statement



sin(x)= sum((-1)^k* (x^(2k+1)/(2k+1)!))k=0 to infinity

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so if i want to find sin(x)^2, (not sin(x^2), that would be easier though...)

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then...
do i square the whole thing, like this?

sum(((-1)^k* (x^(2k+1)/(2k+1)!))^2)k=0 to infinity

thanks a bunch!
 
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You have to square the whole series (x-x^3/3!+x^5/5!-...)*(x-x^3/3!+x^5/5!-...). It's not just the sum of the squares of each term. It's a double sum. There are cross terms. It's easy enough to find the first few terms that way.
 
Dick said:
You have to square ... that way.

ahhh thanks for answering both of my questions!

good night!
 
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