What is the operation between row 2 and row 3 in the convergence of this series?

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I need to examine convergence of series with a term Un given below.

The solution is given, but I can't understand what happens between row 2 and row 3.
What kind of operation is that, does it have something in common with Taylor series expansion?
[PLAIN]http://img805.imageshack.us/img805/4619/convergence.png
 
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It is exactly the taylor series expansion of \left(1+\frac{1}{n^3}\right)^{1/3}
 
Ok, thanks!
 
BTW, you don't need to know it by heart. You expand it using the Taylor Expansion formulas for fractional powers.
 
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