Material Needed for Power Series

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Discussion Overview

The discussion revolves around the understanding of power series in the context of a "series and sequences" class. Participants express challenges in grasping the concept and seek resources to aid their learning.

Discussion Character

  • Homework-related
  • Conceptual clarification

Main Points Raised

  • One participant expresses difficulty in understanding power series despite previous success with regular series, indicating a need for additional resources.
  • Another participant suggests that power series are more complex than regular series due to the involvement of a variable and the dependence of convergence on that variable.
  • A request for online resources is made, highlighting the need for external materials to aid comprehension.
  • Links to MIT's online lectures on the topic of power series are provided as potential resources.

Areas of Agreement / Disagreement

Participants generally agree that power series are more complex than regular series, but the discussion remains unresolved regarding the best methods or resources for understanding them.

Contextual Notes

Participants have not reached a consensus on the specific challenges posed by power series or the effectiveness of the suggested resources.

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I'm in a "series and sequences" class. Up until power series, if I studied the material a decent amount and did a lot of practice problems, things made sense.

We got to power series today and I simply am not getting anything. I read the chapter in the book just now and it totally lost me.


It doesn't seem like a vastly more complicated affair than regular series. Am I right?
Are there any good resources on the net for this you guys could recommend?

Thanks!
 
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bobber205 said:
It doesn't seem like a vastly more complicated affair than regular series. Am I right?
Are there any good resources on the net for this you guys could recommend?

Thanks!

it's more complicated than a series of constants because there's a variable involved, and convergence of the series depends on values of that variable. if you understand regular series, i guess power series is that next step though
 
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Are there any good online resources? :)
 
mit has lectures online:
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Mathematics/18-01Fall-2006/VideoLectures/detail/embed38.htm
http://ocw.mit.edu/OcwWeb/Mathematics/18-01Fall-2006/VideoLectures/detail/embed39.htm
 
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