# Taylor series for a complex function

1. Nov 16, 2013

### jimmycricket

1. The problem statement, all variables and given/known data

Find the 5 jet of the following function at z=0:

$f(z) = \frac{sinhz}{1+exp(z^3)}$

2. Relevant equations
$\frac{1}{1-z}=\sum_{n=0}^\infty z^n$ where $z=-exp(z^3)$

3. The attempt at a solution

I have tried to multiply the series for sinhz by the series for $\frac{1}{1-(-exp(z^3))}$ but to no avail since I end up with an infinite string of z s to the power of 3. I've also tried to simply substitute the series for sinhz and exp(z^3) directly into the fraction but cannot separate the fraction to give separate terms. Any suggestions for another method?

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2. Nov 16, 2013

### LCKurtz

What is a 5 jet?

3. Nov 16, 2013

### jimmycricket

Sorry I should have said the 5 jet is the expansion up to and including powers of z to the fifth power and no further.

4. Nov 16, 2013

### Dick

You can't apply the series to 1/1+exp(z^3). exp(z^3) isn't small near z=0. What does the taylor expansion of exp(z^3) look like?

5. Nov 16, 2013

### jimmycricket

$f(z)=exp(z^3)$ = $\sum_{n=0}^\infty\frac{z^{3n}}{n!}$

6. Nov 16, 2013

### jimmycricket

$\sum{0}^infty\z^n$

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7. Nov 16, 2013

### jimmycricket

edit: only just learning to use latex forget that last post

8. Nov 16, 2013

### Dick

Good. Now just write the terms of order <= 5 and substitute that into the denominator.

9. Nov 16, 2013

### jimmycricket

$\sum_{n=0}^\infty\frac{z^{3n}}{n!}$ = $1+z^3+\frac{z^6}{2}+\frac{z^9}{6}+\frac{z^{12}}{24}$

10. Nov 16, 2013

### Dick

Too many terms. z^6 has power greater than 5 already.

11. Nov 16, 2013

### jimmycricket

$1+z^3$

12. Nov 16, 2013

### jimmycricket

Do I now expand $*\sum(-1)^n(1+z^3)^n$

13. Nov 16, 2013

### Dick

You can't again. (1+z^3) isn't a small number either. You need to substitute (1+z^3) for e^(3z) into 1+e^(3z) and THEN think about expanding.

14. Nov 16, 2013

### jimmycricket

I end up with $\frac{1}{2}*\frac{1}{1-(-\frac{z^3}{2})}$ . Now I presume I expand $\frac{1}{2}\sum (\frac{-z^3}{2})^n$ to get $\frac{1}{2}\sum(-1)^n\frac{z^{3^n}}{2^n}$ = $\frac{1}{2}(1-\frac{z^3}{2})$. Now multiplying by the series for sinhz we get $(z+\frac{z^3}{6}+\frac{z^5}{120})(\frac{1}{2}-\frac{z^3}{4})$ = $\frac{z}{2}+\frac{z^3}{12}-\frac{z^4}{4}+\frac{z^5}{240}$

15. Nov 16, 2013

### Dick

And that's right. Good job! Your series formula for 1/(1-z) only converges if |z|<1. You can't apply it to things that aren't small.

16. Nov 16, 2013

Thank you.