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LagrangeEuler
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Can you please explain this series
[tex]f(x+\alpha)=\sum^{\infty}_{n=0}\frac{\alpha^n}{n!}\frac{d^nf}{dx^n}[/tex]
I am confused. Around which point is this Taylor series?
 
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LagrangeEuler said:
Can you please explain this series
[tex]f(x+\alpha)=\sum^{\infty}_{n=0}\frac{\alpha^n}{n!}\frac{d^nf}{dx^n}[/tex]
I am confused. Around which point is this Taylor series?

THis is an expansion about [itex]x[/itex]. You can tell that because the series is a power series in [itex]\alpha[/itex].