Maclaurin Power Series for 1/(4x^2+1) and Integration of e^-x^2

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I was hoping someone could check my work:

Find the maclaurin power series for the function:

a. f(x)=1/(4x^2+1)

b. f(x)= [tex]\int[/tex] e^-x^2 dx

For a I got [tex](-1)^n*2nx^n[/tex]. For b I don't know where to start.
 
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For b I can get the approx to be

1-x^2+(x^4/2!)-(x^6/3!)+(x^8/4!)

So i get (x^-2n)/n!
 
1 (a) [tex]f(x) = \frac{1}{1+4x^{2}}[/tex]

This is equaled to [tex]\sum_{n=0}^{\infty} (-4)^{n}x^{2n}[/tex](b) [tex]e^{x} = \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} \frac{x^{n}}{n!}[/tex]

Thus [tex]e^{-x^{2}} = \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} (-1)^{n}\frac{x^{2n}}{n!}[/tex] and

[tex]\int \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} (-1)^{n}\frac{x^{2n}}{n!} = \sum_{n=0}^{\infty} (-1)^{n}\frac{x^{2n+1}}{(2n+1)n!}[/tex]
 
Thanks for the help. I just got b and was coming back to post my answer.